Spaghetti worm gets name from noodlelike tentacles

By Susan Scott

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 18, 2013

~~<p>Last week I braved the North Shore's bone-chilling cold to go snorkeling. It was worth the chicken skin. I got to look down the throat of a spaghetti worm.</p>
<p>Having grown up in Wisconsin, I'm joking about Hawaii's cold, but only partly. Thyroid hormones regulate body temperature, but after living on Oahu for 30 years, my heat glands have apparently retired. With Oahu's water temperature at its winter low of 76 degrees and the morning air in the mid-60s, I had to force myself to plunge in.</p>
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Last week I braved the North Shore's bone-chilling cold to go snorkeling. It was worth the chicken skin. I got to look down the throat of a spaghetti worm.

Having grown up in Wisconsin, I'm joking about Hawaii's cold, but only partly. Thyroid hormones regulate body temperature, but after living on Oahu for 30 years, my heat glands have apparently retired. With Oahu's water temperature at its winter low of 76 degrees and the morning air in the mid-60s, I had to force myself to plunge in. Login for more...