Hammerhead worms thrive in hot ... In fact, they are parasites that eat earthworms and can wipe out entire populations," ...

Hammerhead worms are a part of the phylum Platyhelminthes ... with even mild symptoms like this (and definitely don’t eat, or allow any children or pets to eat, any worms).

Researchers have spotted the hammerhead worm hundreds of times in the area ... they carry the same venom that can prove deadly when eating poorly-prepared puffer fish. These worms, however ...