Precambrian Worm



The Precambrian Worms were a species of giant, fog-dwelling, carnivorous worm from the Precambrian.

Characteristics
Precambrian Worms were roughly four - six feet in length, with a large, fat green body lined with large, hair-like spines, giving them a loose resemblance to sea cucumbers. The Worms were blind, but apparently had a good sense of touch and hearing. The Worms were also carnivorous, and they possessed a retractable proboscis at the front end of their body, containing a tongue lined with sharp teeth. Precambrian Worms fed through their proboscis either by attempting to swallow their prey whole or by slowly eating through their prey's flesh whle they were still alive. The Worms could also fire out a black, tar-like organic liquid from their proboscis like a projectile, probably to help locate nearby prey.

As lifeforms originating from the Precambrian, the Worms could only breathe in the sulfuric gases of their environment's atmosphere, and couldn't survive in direct exposure to the present's oxygenated atmosphere for more than a few moments. When Precambrian Worms came into contact with a mix of oxygen and heat, their bodies would swell and gruesomely explode. The Precambrian Worms' young lived inside their parents' bodies, and if and when adult Worms died and released their spawn, the young would make a fleeting attempt to burrow into a new host's skin. (Episode 2.2)