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The '''blindworm''' replaced its ancestor, the [[Eyed Flyworm|eyed flyworm]]. After the Gamma Ray Burst the eyed flyworm's range was reduced to only the sandstone caves. Thus the only surviving population eventually adapted to the cave environment. In the darkness there was no more need for sight or protective pigment so it lost all its pigment and its eyes no longer work.
However now blind it still had to get around. Flying was not really needed either in an enclosed environment where you could bump into things. So the wings evolved into new functions. The front pair of wings now work like whiskers to feel its way around the cave. The 2nd pair of wings evolved into am even more sensitive chemical sensing organ. The bristles collect not only the smells of its food sources but of any predators and the pheromones of other blindworms.
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