Frank Ashwood on Nostr: Last weekend I got to see NZ velvet worms in their native forest habitat. These ...

Last weekend I got to see NZ velvet worms in their native forest habitat. These animals are so bizarre, taxonomists have given them their very own Phylum, alongside tardigrades and ALL arthropods - that's insane!

This Ooperipatellus is an egg-laying species, but there's another genus here in Aotearoa that gives live birth!

Mind. Blown.

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