"A new species of marine worm that lives off whale bones on the sea floor has been described by scientists."

"The creature was found on a minke carcass in relatively shallow water close to Tjarno Marine Laboratory on the Swedish coast."

link for you...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4354286.stm

Interesting, but what makes them zombies?

Gross... lol

good question, and the answer to that is....i have no idea...

i'll look into it for you

it just came to me probably because they feed on dead whales bones

Yah, that's what interesting critters we've got here in Sweden...

i'm just curious, were you aware of the discovery of these creatures before i posted the topic?, was it in all the swedish papers, or not really a big deal?, i imagine not much fuss was made at all, people don't want to know unless its nessie or bigfoot...

Nah, I hadn't heard anything whatsoever. I guess most Swedish people just ain't interested in no zombie snot worms...

some people just don't recognise exciting things when they see them

ok so maybe a zombie snot worm isn't very exciting, its still a discovery though...

Wow...freaky little buggers.

Eating dead things doesn't make them zombies...makes them scavengers.

its so interesting to see how some creatures survive it can almost be endless in its scope.

"Their brains are gone...!"

-Police Officer, Joe Zombie

I couldn't resist...

Welps, nice find! Sure to creep anyone out!

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It was covered in some papers over here some time back, cant remember how long ago though.

i don't recall seeing any info about this in the uk newspapers, i guess it could of been a small article in a newspaper somewhere