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Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

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Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on larger animals

Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

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Reminds me of Lekgolo in Halo. They're worms which can form whole ass bipedal structures, and run about, and operate machinery, etc. Pretty cool

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