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Zombie worms existed!

Scientists have discovered a 100-million-year-old fossil of a 'zombie worm'. A research team at Plym...
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6:24 AM - 15 Apr 2015



Zombie worms existed!

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Zombie worms existed!

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:24 AM - 15 Apr 2015



Scientists have discovered a 100-million-year-old fossil of a 'zombie worm'.

A research team at Plymouth University found evidence of the Osedax by looking at a prehistoric carcass of a marine dinosaur.

It ate the bones of dead whales and was previously thought to only be around 45 million years old.

The parasite, which doesn't have a mouth or digestive system, feeds by sucking fats and collagen through long tendrils.



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