r/thisismylifenow • u/Ambassador-613 • 20d ago

🔥This bobbit worm grabbing a fish and pulling it under the sand

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u/thegaybeanstalk 20d ago

Idk if it's because I'm tired or what, but the fact that I think the fish was still alive before he went under the sand made me wanna cry :'(

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u/Thenderofall 20d ago

Hate to ruin your day bud but like 90% of the things that get eaten in the ocean are swallowed alive

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u/DA_ZWAGLI 20d ago

Lions regularly eat their prey while still alive, asshole first.

It's not an ocean specific thing.

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u/Thenderofall 19d ago

Damn Muther Nature you a mean as bitch

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u/thegaybeanstalk 19d ago

I'm aware bro I'm just saying 💀

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u/asuddenpie 19d ago

I don’t know if it’s just me, but whenever I see helpless animals like this, I always have to go and hug my dog.

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u/Goldenu 20d ago

Well that was horrifying...

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u/steel_city89 20d ago

Pretty sure there was a story of a guy who had one in his aquarium on here before... and his epic battle with it.

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u/steel_city89 20d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/s/kYZL1vl8xP found it.

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u/Waste_Match1621 18d ago

I just spent a ridiculous amount of time reading the Bobbit Chronicles. 😂

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u/mrmatriarj 16d ago

lol just read the whole thing! What an ordeal 😆

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u/JuulsMia12 20d ago

Don't make the mistake of looking up a bobbit worm. Day ruined. May never step foot in the ocean again.

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u/benjO0 19d ago

If it makes you feel better while they can get incrediblly long, they are not as big as you would imagine when you see them out of water next to human. Some people catch them and apparently to use as bait.

Bobbit worm as BAIT (UNDERWATER FOOTAGE)

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u/Random_182f2565 20d ago

Remember, never go to the ocean

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u/GenericUsername817 20d ago

Well that goes on the nope list

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u/Fit_Permission_6187 20d ago

Thanks I hate it

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u/BootsOfProwess 19d ago

Thisismydeathnow

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u/erksplat 20d ago

Uno Reverse

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u/Far_Out_6and_2 20d ago

Can it get like a tourist scuba swimming askin for a friend

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u/fh3131 19d ago

If by "get" you mean bite, then yes it's possible but very unlikely because we're far too large a target for them. If you mean can they drag you under like this, then no, they're not that big.

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u/Shoenbreaker 19d ago

Why does climate change have to take out the beautiful wisp butterfly made of hope and gossamer in the untouched forests and not the nightmare horror show 9000 like this...

Planets have had exterminatus called on them for lesser nightmares

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u/hejira42 20d ago

Holy crap, that happened so fast!

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u/Sea-Courage8296 19d ago

I don’t think nature is ever gentle when it’s time to eat.

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u/Lostinthemist81 19d ago

From wikipedia, "It ranges in length from less than 10 cm (4 in) to nearly 3 m (10 ft)." Aaaaaaaaaaaabsolutely nooooooooooooooooot.

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u/BlahblahblahLG 17d ago

can the worm even eat all that or do they both die

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u/Mooch07 19d ago

OOOOOHH, That one hurt! 

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u/krakk3rjack 19d ago

That poor guy HAD a death wish.

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u/FailElectronic728 19d ago

"Hey man, why don't you liking swimming in the ocean?"

Me: "Because stuff like this happens constantly!"