The Creature That Eats Rocks to Survive!

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00:00Is there a creature that actually eats rocks to survive?

00:04You're probably thinking,

00:06no way, that's impossible.

00:09Well, get ready to have your mind blown.

00:12Deep in the rivers of the Philippines

00:15lives a bizarre worm-like creature called the shipworm.

00:19But this isn't your average shipworm that munches on wood.

00:23Scientists were stunned to discover a new species

00:26that has a completely different diet.

00:29Instead of wood, it burrows into limestone

00:32and eats the rock.

00:34Then it poops out sand.

00:37How crazy is that?

00:39This creature, named Lithurido abotinica,

00:42literally grinds down rock with its specialized shell

00:46and digests it.

00:48It's the only known animal to get its nutrition

00:50directly from eating stone.

00:52This discovery completely changes

00:54what we thought was possible in the animal kingdom.

00:57nature is full of surprises, isn't it?

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