 
							
					
															
					
					 by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Dec 15, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Are Any Bristleworms Actually Venomous? That question first arose in modern times, I presume, when the first swimmer in warm tropical waters stepped on a fireworm and discovered just how much fun it was to hop around on one foot, cursing. By the time I got around to...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Matt Pedersen | Dec 9, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
I was rummaging through old photography recently and came across something I had documented, but never shared. During the teardown of a reef tank, I inadvertently nailed myself with a bristleworm…and not a little one. This wasn’t the coral-eating...