Caecilians - Giant Fanged Worms

Caecilians are kind of like giant worms with big fangs. Weird. #shorts

Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

[franktedder]

my first thought was "well he doesn't even look remotely Italian"

[NickMullet]

As a blind man I had no idea people from Sicily were so savage.

[Tarbtano]

For any curious, the mother actually develops an extra layer of fatty skin that sloughs off easily. This is what she feeds the babies.

[BobTheBuilderCR]

"It's the Alaskan bull worm"😭😂

[timbaland]

Remember when the Millennium Falcon almost fell victim to one of these?

[d.jparer]

Fun fact: no Caecilian can refuse any request on his daughters wedding day.

[DolusVulpes]

one thing he left out thats pretty important: despite looking like some sort of alien bug creature, these are actually amphibians

[MarlonRomanelli]

Looks like it came straight from Alien movies

[Neolamprologus]

Reminds me of the alaskan bullworm from spongebob

[crazycorbin]

This thing looks like it would burst out of your chest

[Punkini]

As a sicilian i can confirm this is what we look like

[Amztoy]

Thats a chestburster and you cant convince me otherwise






But where is the host?

[j]

For those misunderstanding due to the short video, this is not a worm. It’s a type of amphibian. They’re also very shy and stay underground.

[FLongrifle]

"The cave is collapsing!
This is no cave."

[TastedRasted]

And if you gave it a mustache, it’d be a Sicillian Caecilian

[Hagxhch]

I always knew Sicilians were like that

[randomaustralian]

Last time I saw one of those it was trying to eat Han solo's ship

[lancelt]

He who controls the Spice controls the universe.

[superiorcomicfan]

My mind immediately went to the thought of that giant worm thing that tried to eat the Millennium Falcon in Empire Strikes Back

[Thatrandomkid-]

“Cannibalistic worm babies” has to be the most terrifying thing I’ve ever heard.😭😭🙏🏻