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This is an enteropneust worm. It's
also called an acorn worm. In

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polite company, the Norwegians
call this the spiral poop worm.

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The genus name is Yoda. The
full name is Yoda purpurata and

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yes, it was named after the
Star Wars character Yoda. I

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assume that the name Yoda comes
from those large wings that are

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sticking off the side of the
head that look like the ears of

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Yoda. I don't remember Yoda
ever being that purple. No, I

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thought it was maybe like it's
it's ability and power with the

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force though. I haven't seen
that either but the beige color

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you're seeing inside there,
that's its intestine and it's

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just packed with sediments and
it's processing whatever

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organics are in that sediment.
Is that poop? Yep, that's poop.

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That's a fecal trail and
there's actually been some

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interesting studies where you
can look at the microbiology of

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the sediments before an after
they pass through the gut.

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Deep ocean we will see. Sediments
we will eat. Fecal strings we

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will make. May the force be
with that worm.