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Expandable water toys (also grow-in-water toys or grow monsters) are novelty items made from a superabsorbent polymer. They are toys that expand after putting them into water for anything from a few hours up to several days, depending on size. They shrink in saltwater or when exposed to air. They are made from polymers that can absorb and ...
Zophobas rugipes (Kirsch, 1866. Zophobas morio is a species of darkling beetle, whose larvae are known by the common name superworm, kingworm, barley worm, morio worm or simply Zophobas. Superworms are common in the reptile pet industry as food, along with giant mealworms (Tenebrio molitor larvae treated with juvenile hormone [citation needed]).
Binomial name. Lineus longissimus. (Gunnerus, 1770) The bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus) is a species of ribbon worm and one of the longest known animals, with specimens up to 55 m (180 ft) long being reported. [1] Its mucus is highly toxic.
New tissues can grow due to pluripotent stem cells that have the ability to create all the various cell types. [32] These adult stem cells are called neoblasts, and comprise 20% or more of the cells in the adult animal. [33] They are the only proliferating cells in the worm, and they differentiate into progeny that replace older cells.
Ecology. They live in the subsoil of blue, grey or red clay soils along stream banks and some south- or west-facing hills of their remaining habitat which is in Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. These worms live in deep burrow systems and require water in their environment to respire. [2] They have relatively long life spans for invertebrates ...
Anguis fragilis. Linnaeus, 1758. Range of A. fragilis. The slowworm (Anguis fragilis) is a legless lizard native to western Eurasia. It is also called a deaf adder, slow worm, blindworm, or regionally, a long-cripple and hazelworm. The "blind" in blindworm refers to the lizard's small eyes, similar to a blindsnake (although the slowworm's eyes ...
Spirobranchus cariniferus. Gray, 1843. Spirobranchus cariniferus, commonly known as the blue tubeworm or spiny tubeworm, or by its Māori name toke pā, is a species of tube-building polychaete worm endemic to New Zealand. [1][2][3] This species forms patchy, belt-like colonies of hard, white, triangular tubes, each containing a bright blue worm.
Squirmles (also known as Snoots, Magic Twisty Worms, Wiggle Worms, or Worm on a String) are small, worm -like toys with eyes, a furry body, and a hidden string used to imitate a live worm, sometimes used as a magic trick. A popular toy released in the mid 1970s by the Illfelder Importing Company, [1] Squirmles come in a variety of colors and ...