Photo by Bruno Vellutini (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRecently, the Velvet Worm has been becoming more and more popular among pet enthusiast.\u00a0 Yes, people have pet Velvet Worms.\u00a0 It would probably be tough finding a collar and a leash for them but other than that they might make fun pets.\u00a0 This popularity is due in large part to their appearance but also to their incredibly wicked eating habits.\u00a0 So how do they eat?\u00a0 Excellent follow up question my good friend.\u00a0 The Velvet Worm is an ambush hunter that hunts in the darkness of the night.\u00a0 This worm-like animal is able to detect oncoming prey up to 4 cm away (that is quite a bit for a small animal).\u00a0 They use their antennae to indicate the size of the prey.\u00a0 The Velvet Worm prefers smaller creatures such as woodlice, termites, crickets, spiders, centipedes, etc.\u00a0 The fun part comes once they realize the prey is of suitable size and within range.\u00a0 Once this occurs the night predator will eject a sticky slime from their antennae in order to subdue the prey.\u00a0 That’s right, they actually utilize a weapon.\u00a0 Basically, the poor termite was just held up at antennae point while walking home late at night.\u00a0 Naturally, this slimy adhesive stops the prey in their tracks and provides ample time for the Velvet Worm to finish off what it started.\u00a0 This is why you always need to know where your small invertebrates are at all times.\u00a0 They make one bad decision and end up covered in Velvet Worm slime.<\/p>\n
I could keep talking about this animal as they have many more interesting features but I will save it for another day.\u00a0 Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So we all made it through another week of Wild Facts.\u00a0 It was a great week as we managed to observe Leafy Sea Dragons, Indian Cobra’s and of course, Miss Piggy’s Cousin the Hog Badger.\u00a0 We are going to end the week with an extremely unusual animal.\u00a0 Today’s animal is called the Velvet Worm which is not actually a worm.\u00a0 In fact, they are not even an arthropod (i.e. centipedes, mites, etc) and belong to their very own Phylum.\u00a0 Believe it or not this bizarre creature may play an important role for paleontologists who are trying to reconstruct the arthropod <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1551,1550,4025,1546,1547,1549,1548],"yoast_head":"\n
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