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Bombs Away! A Deep Sea Worm's Defense (7 of 8)

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Bombs Away! A Deep Sea Worm's Defense (7 of 8)

image: This is the ventral view of Swima sp. 1 with three attached and two autotomized bombs. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 21, 2009, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The brevium, by Dr. Karen J. Osborn of The Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues, was titled, "Deep-Sea, Swimming Worms with Luminescent 'Bombs.'" view more 

Credit: Image © 2004 Karen J. Osborn


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