The Glowworm Cave

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Pictures, Travel on Feb 22, 2008 at 3:39 pm


Photo: milkthebasic [Flickr]

Fogonazos blog has a very cool post about the Waitomo Glowworm Cave in New Zealand, where you can find an amazing creature called Arachnocampa luminosa, which larva glows to attract prey … the hungrier the larva, the brighter it glows.

Link – via Dark Roasted Blend


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  1. Vako
    Feb 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    A bioluminescent worm. Neat!

  2. pedro
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 1:16 am

    Planet Earth, people. Honestly… go buy it and watch it over and over.

  3. Lasse
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 4:01 am

    I for one welcome our new glow worm overlords.

  4. MoniA
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    neato :) I wish I could actually see them for real

  5. from the keyhoe report
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    “Excuse us, Miss, we’ve traveled hundreds of light years to get here and we hear that human brains are quite delicious. Would you please remove your cranial armor and step closer?”


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