We're going to be mature about this.
But also - this just-discovered creature looks exactly like a dick.
Scientists exploring "deep in the Australian abyss," (yes; we lol'd at that too) stumbled across the subsequently-named peanut worm - which we feel surely deserves a more majestic title.
Like the Captain Cook Conquerer of the Seven Seas. Or the Mighty Marine Member of the Deep. Or the Oceanic Wondrous Worminator.
https://twitter.com/IBTimesUK/status/876064389937471488
Alas, peanut worm seems to have stuck following an expedition carried out by the talented team from the Museums Victoria, Australia.
They enjoyed a month-long expedition on board research vessel
The Investigator.
"Throughout the month of June, they explored one of the most inaccessible and mysterious environments on the planet – a habitat 4,000 metres below the sea known as the eastern abyss," reports
ibtimes.co.uk.
Predictably, Twitter's response has been as adult-like as our own in the aftermath:
https://twitter.com/elainadsmith/status/876292457259991040
https://twitter.com/IniquitousFish/status/876346934109151232
https://twitter.com/TheRobDyke/status/876462288361881600
https://twitter.com/migs_santos/status/876492149411332097
https://twitter.com/AsiaRChapman/status/876258883173367808
In a statement, Dr Tim O'Hara, the voyage's chief scientist, explained with precisely zero sniggering down the back: "Australia's deep sea environment is larger in size than the mainland, and until now, almost nothing was known about life on the abyssal plain.
"We're really excited about the discoveries that we've made and are thrilled that we can now share them with the Australian and international public."
Hear, hear, we say!