> Bootlace worms are usually in the neighborhood of 16.4 to 32.8 feet (5 to 10 meters) in length. Pretty respectable for a worm, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
> In a 2008 article for the journal Zoologische Mededelingen, biologists Adriaan Gittenberger and Cor Schipper explain that bootlace worms measuring up to 98.4 feet (30 meters) long “have been encountered repeatedly.”
> The carcass of a monstrous bootlace worm reportedly washed ashore in Scotland during the year 1864. From end to end, it was said to measure… wait for it… more than 180 feet (55 meters) long!
> Claims like that should be taken with a grain of salt. As Gittenberger and Schipper’s article observes, the scientific community doesn’t have any preserved specimens of a bootlace worm measuring anywhere near this size.
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https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/bootlace-worm.htm
> Though the bootlace worm is only 0.2 to 0.4 inches (5 to 10 millimeters) wide, it’s one of the longest known animals on the planet, full stop.
> Bootlace worms are usually in the neighborhood of 16.4 to 32.8 feet (5 to 10 meters) in length. Pretty respectable for a worm, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
> In a 2008 article for the journal Zoologische Mededelingen, biologists Adriaan Gittenberger and Cor Schipper explain that bootlace worms measuring up to 98.4 feet (30 meters) long “have been encountered repeatedly.”
> The carcass of a monstrous bootlace worm reportedly washed ashore in Scotland during the year 1864. From end to end, it was said to measure… wait for it… more than 180 feet (55 meters) long!
> Claims like that should be taken with a grain of salt. As Gittenberger and Schipper’s article observes, the scientific community doesn’t have any preserved specimens of a bootlace worm measuring anywhere near this size.
In comparison…
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/blue-whale
> The blue whale, the largest recorded animal, can grow over 30 m (100 ft) long and weigh up to 150 mt (330,000 lbs). …
The forbidden spaghetti
Shai-Hulud!
If that was the bootlace worm, imagine the size of the boots!
The Alaskan Bull Worm
People think kraken are bs made up by stupid ancient people till some navel soldiers encounter one and cut part of it off as proof in 1861.
Imagine being one of the scientists who suddenly have to face the fact that some “monster stories” can very well be based on real creatures.