Ribbon worm atau cacing proboscis adalah anggota filum Nemertea yang hidup di air dengan ukuran 20 hingga 50 cm. Cacing ini dikenal sebagai karnivora yang berburu mangsa menggunakan belalai panjangnya. Dalam hitungan detik, belalai tersebut bisa menjulur, membungkus mangsa, lalu menariknya masuk ke mulut. Walau tidak beracun, cairan tubuh ribbon worm memiliki fungsi unik sebagai perekat untuk melindungi diri dari predator. #reels #fyp #faktamenarik #successstory | Tubagus Fahri

Milky Ribbon Worm 🪱 I found this worm while I was harvesting bloodworms in the tidal mud flats here in Maine 🪱 #viral #worms #outdoors #hand #nature | Wayne Bishko

Ever heard of the ribbon worm? 🪱 sooo fascinating, look it up! It can stretch up to 10x its own length 🤯wild, right? And watch how it defends itself! This could be AI, but its a great visual either way Ribbon worms defend themselves by ejecting a sticky proboscis ,sometimes even releasing toxins to protect themselves. No, ribbon worms DO NOT live in humans, but it’s a great example of what human parasites do when you begin to go after them! 👇🏽 When you start cleansing and killing them off, t

This page goes deeper than the surface Ribbon worms can be tiny or incredibly long. Most are only a few centimeters, but some species grow for dozens of meters. The bootlace worm is believed to reach up to 30 to 60 meters long, making it possibly the longest animal on Earth, even though it is only a few millimeters wide. What makes ribbon worms special is how they hunt. They have a hidden feeding tube called a proboscis stored inside their body. When prey comes close, they shoot it out in second