The ribbon worm is also known as the proboscis worm because of their long proboscis. This noodle-like appendage may be as long as the worm itself and these worms may the be longest animals ever! Find out more about the ribbon worm with this episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Phylum - Nemertea Range: cosmopolitan Size: average less than 8 inches (20cm) in length but may be the longest animals alive Diet: small invertebrates, invertebrate eggs, molluscs, fish, and other ribbon worms Threats: birds like gulls and sandpipers, crustaceans, and each other Lifespan: unknown (18 months recorded in one species) ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles 📚 Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Ribbon Worm PROBOSCIS WORM 0:00 Ribbon Worm LONGEST ANIMAL 0:59 Ribbon Worm HABITAT 1:26 Ribbon Worm DIET and PREDATORS 1:44 Ribbon Worm LIFE CYCLE 2:21 Ribbon Worm APPEARANCE 3:05 Ribbon Worm LIFESPAN 3:22 Thanks / Outro 3:32 --- Image and Video Credits: Guido Bohne - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrestrial_ribbon_worm.jpg Rickard Zerpe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/krokodiver/30987666597 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/krokodiver/45202334604 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/krokodiver/15622965514 Diego Delso - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gusano_de_mar_(Amphiporus_lactifloreus),_Parque_natural_de_la_Arr%C3%A1bida,_Portugal,_2020-07-21,_DD_82.jpg ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gusano_de_mar_(Amphiporus_lactifloreus),_Parque_natural_de_la_Arr%C3%A1bida,_Portugal,_2020-07-21,_DD_81.jpg Keisotyo - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lineus_geniculatus_misakihmms01.JPG von Dassow G, Emlet R, Maslakova S - https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-9994-10-47 Bernard DUPONT - https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/8419856744 LabNemertea - https://vimeo.com/13829966 ; https://vimeo.com/13951110 ; https://vimeo.com/13369852 ; https://vimeo.com/24638715 ; https://vimeo.com/14426989 ; https://vimeo.com/13952051 Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lineus_longissimus_retouched.jpg Research Credits: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780030259821/page/271/mode/2up https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Nemertea https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-marine-ribbon-worms-3156969 https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/ribbon-worms https://www.britannica.com/animal/ribbon-worm #animalfactfiles #ribbonworm #ribbonwormfacts

• published: 29 Apr 2022
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