grampa dino Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I came across this piece of Petrified wood, full of little burrowing bivalves I can not think of their name Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 you mean teredo borings? shipworms? of course they're not worms, but still... teredo navalis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 but is it a worm or bivalve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdpaulhus Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Teredo is a genus of marine bivalve. They are often called ship worms or Teredo woms but are not worms at all. This little molusc bores into wood and eats it up. You could consider them to be marine termites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdpaulhus Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Now just to avoid confusion. when I said you could consider them to be marine termites, I didn't mean it literally. They are certainly not insects - they just act in the same way by eating away at the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 i just wish whoever coined the phrase wouldn't have mispronounced it. they would have been famous. "holey teredo!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Bang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Saw Andrew Zimmern eat some of those "worms" once, he said they tasted like rotten wood. ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Did he wash them down with a beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 sweet! you should try and slice and polish a chunk of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRS MICROPTERUS101 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 is it agetized i have many pieces that i have colected i came saw drooled and collected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Saw Andrew Zimmern eat some of those "worms" once, he said they tasted like rotten wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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