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		<title>The Velvet Worm</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-velvet-worm/" title="The Velvet Worm" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="144" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vw1-300x144.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="velvet worm" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vw1-300x144.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vw1-800x383.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vw1-1536x735.jpg 1536w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vw1-2048x980.jpg 2048w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vw1-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>Changing very little in the last 500 million years, the velvet worm is a peculiar <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;predator&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Predators are animals (or an organisms) that kill and feed on another animal. The 1 that is killed to be eaten is called prey.Some examples or predators are: &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;raptors&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;wolves&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;snakes&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;cats&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, and &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;sharks&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;.&#60;/div&#62;"  href="https://critter.science/glossary/predator/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>predator</a> with 180 species described to date. These odd creatures spend their time in the tropics, in Australia and in New Zealand. They are among the most rare of all rainforest animals. These critters may [&#8230;]</p>
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