By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama
This is not a sex toy. It’s a species of sea worm called the “Peanut worm.”
Seriously.
Maybe some of you have the same questions that I did:
- Do they call it “P worm” or “Nut worm” for short?
- Why do they call it that when the nuts are clearly missing?
- Did someone get this picture via DM?
- Does it hang slightly to the left?
As it turns out (and this is 100% true), it’s called the Peanut worm because it has a lengthy head that contracts when it feels threatened. The species varies in size but we can only assume most self-identify as “a solid 8 inches” and are probably slightly smaller in colder currents.
As you can imagine, when the International Business Times tweeted this photo, Twitter collectively cracked its knuckles and responded like mature adults:
[adsanity id=”35664″ align=”aligncenter”/] https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/876258883173367808 https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/876178530400436230 https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/876133969334501377[adsanity id=”35667″ align=”aligncenter”/]It kinda looks like an arm
— jos (@josiahhughes) June 17, 2017
@CarmanTse striated for her pleasure pic.twitter.com/aRWNqXv91K
— Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) June 18, 2017
— At the Mountains of Mattness (@drmattdambrosio) June 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/876177046564720644 [adsanity id=”35665″ align=”aligncenter”/] https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/876079696265568256What is this one called? Dildofilphora?
— Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Wears a Mask (@2xAught7) June 18, 2017
— Bruce (@BruceDank) June 17, 2017
— Henchwoman (@mallsta) June 18, 2017https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/876193039202615297 [adsanity id=”35666″ align=”aligncenter”/]
God bless science and Twitter: the best combination known to man…
…and man bits.