#youre not cute for going ewwwww gross youre just. ignorant and frustrating. head in hands. theyre not some alien monster.

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the vitriolic hatred most people have for things that look weird is so upsetting to me sometimes :(

#update in my search for bristleworm names i came across a newscast from a few years ago where #some fisherman pulled up a big bearded firewormnin their net and shared a video of it #and the whole newscast was ppl being like 'ewww what is that thing' 'if i pulled that up in my net id kill it' #'im never going in the water again ew ew' #like. guyes. its a fucking worm #and its. not even that big. AND its not even native to texas one just got washed thru currents from the Mediterranean (supposedly) #like. shut upppppppppp its just a worm #i see that SO much w ocean stuff specifically snd its like.... its not actually that scary. come onnnn. #its sooo much more fascinating than anything else. and lo and behold the ONE (1) scientist they talked to #was immediately like wow thats incredible and started asking questions. like. aaughrhrghh idk. #its only 8am ive been up for like 3 hours im rlly tired i dont have words yet. #but can we stop immediately wanting to kill every sea creature that gets pulled onto land by mistake. can we stop. youre so annoying. #youre not cute for going ewwwww gross youre just. ignorant and frustrating. head in hands. theyre not some alien monster. #its literally a worm #its a worm! thats all it is! its a worm with unique adaptations to help it survive in a harsh environment #and just because you think it looks weird doesnt mean it deserves to die #ARUGHGHGHHH ppl that dont listen to scientists make me insane. ppl that blatantly ignore science make me SO isnane. #go read a book. go look at a picture of a worm. #GO TO A FUCKIGNGG AQUARIUM FOR CHRISTS SAKE. do u KNOW how many of these bitches ive pulled out of tanks??? theyre everywhere. #and yes we killed them but like. not bc theyre ugly and gross but because too many of them become a pest species #and will literally kill all ur fish. its a balance. like literally everything else in nature. we kept a lot of them! #becasue when a fish dies theyre one of the most efficient decomposers and theyre an incredible help wirh water quality. #we had a tang die in a place that was completely inaccessible to us without breaking a huge coral colony so we couldnt get to it. #letting a dead fish sit in a tank is a death sentence for that tank usually. but we had enough bridtle worms to eat it #thay thing was gone in like a day. with only a minor spike in ammonia. it was insane. #anyway. sorry. got heated abt worms.