Critter of the Week: The giant nematode
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This week's critter is a giant species of nematode (a type of worm) that is longer than a small shipping container and roughly the volume of an oil drum! The giant nematode, Placentonema gigantissima, spends its whole life curled up inside the body of female sperm whales.