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It looks positively cuddly compared to a Bobbit Worm (find a video on Youtube, if you dare).


Bobbit Worm is cute compared to a ribbon worm and its lightning tongue / proboscis (find a video if you don’t care about sleeping today).


I wouldn't want to find a ribbon worm in my salad, but I don't find them anything like as horror-inducing as a Bobbit worm.


I still can’t believe they actually called it that.


There is a bird called “Little bustard” [1] and more [2].

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_bustard

[2]: https://www.boredpanda.com/bird-species-silly-names/


"Bustard" is apparently from Latin avis tarda, meaning "slow or deliberate bird".


I didn't realize it was actually named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt . That only adds to the general level of horror, Thanks! =:0+ <crosses legs>




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