![]() Those eggs hatch into tiny larvae, which then make their way into the bodies of invertebrates, often insects like crickets. The creatures start out as eggs laid in freshwater, where most species of horsehair worm primarily live. ![]() They do not eat their only function is to breed. The worms have largely featureless bodies because they're essentially a single "gonad," as Hanelt puts it. Horsehair worms, part of the taxonomic phylum Nematomorpha, are parasitic worms that resemble long thin strands of hair (hence their nickname). "In that video you are definitely seeing one horsehair worm," Ben Hanelt, a biologist at the University of New Mexico, says after reviewing the video sent by. Some identified it as an "alien life form" or a mutant hybrid creature, but a more likely explanation is less otherworldly but equally creepy-a parasite. Captured in Hsinchu, Taiwan by Huang Meilan, the video inspired much speculation. A video floating around the internet late last month presented a creepy sight: A tangled mess of what appears to be rope flailing about on its own.
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