Meet The Creature That's The Most Unintentionally Festive Animal On The Planet

Officially called the spirobranchus giganteus, these Christmas tree worms are some of the most festive creatures on the planet. When they burrow into coral and spread their colorful crowns, they bear a striking resemblance to the bright and spectacular trees that so many families put up around this time of the year! Their crowns are made up of radioles, which are hairlike appendages that stem from the spine. Aren't they beautiful? Flickr / Thomas Quine And they serve a practical purpose. Flickr / Thomas Quine The appendages are used for respiration, and most importantly of all, for catching dinner. Flickr...