Posted on 08/20/2024 6:11:03 PM PDT by Red Badger
Yes, a poisonous hammerhead worm.
This is the stuff of nightmares, y'all. Not only is it disgusting, toxic and more than a foot long, it's also nearly impossible to kill — because if you cut it in half, it just regenerates itself! Actually, it turns out that all flatworms have the ability to become two different, genetically identical flatworms if they are cut in half. And that's terrifying.
Also, why are we calling this a worm? I think once it reaches a foot long, it should officially be classified as a snake. Then again, those things in Dune are like 300 feet long, and they still call those worms. So what do I know?
VIDEO AT LINK...........
Anyway, these invasive hammerhead mini-snakes have been appearing on driveways, patios and sidewalks thanks to their underground homes being flooded by Hurricane Beryl and other storms that have been battering Southeast Texas this year.
Underground homes. You catch that? So it's only a matter of time before those Dune worms make their way to the surface, too. Or those things from Tremors. Are they the same species?
The good news is, these hammerhead worms aren't going to kill you or swallow you alive. But they might give you a nasty itch (again, not the same kind of nasty itch Sexyy Red has).
According to the Texas Invasive Species Institute (TISI), these little guys "secrete chemicals through their skin to make themselves noxious to predators, and aid in the digestion of earthworms. These chemicals can cause skin irritation on humans if they hold the flatworm, and domestic mammals if they consume the flatworm. Furthermore, many flatworms can carry parasitic nematodes within them."
I was trying to figure out why I know the word "nematode," and then it occurred to me…
Man, what a throwback. Now, excuse me while I sit here and watch that entire episode.
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A Bassomatic?
Bkmk worm
No. TTFN
Spray it with bleach.
Why? is it dirty?..................
I use it every day and so does everyone else.................
Good for you.
Walter Chang: That’s what I like... Graboids. That’s it, Graboids!
Earl Bassett: Jesus, Walter.
Walter Chang: You’re gonna be sorry if you don’t give it a name.
RE: a worm, not a Democrat!
RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
The New York Times
May 8, 2024 —
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.
How about dowsing one with gasoline and setting it on fire?
Read the post. It says in 3rd paragraph.
If you just leave them alone the will crawl back underground as soo as it dries out enough and they will continue to aerate the soil.................
I will never figure out why RFK Jr felt the need to blurt that info to the public. One, in a gauntlet of rakes he has cheerfully walked into.
You mean this?
“Southeast Texas”?
You haven’t spent much time in Texas I guess
I was going to add funny comment, but this one of yours wins!
We found the first one on our property in Georgia about 5 years ago. It’s my understanding that they post a threat to the small brown earthworm (or what we call the red wigglers).
The things are gross and dangerous, but not THAT gross and dangerous.
Feel free to add to it. Everybody has had their own experiences with Creepy Crawlers.
I wish those storms would come visit just a little bit to the north and west. San Antonio is southeast Texas, but we’ve been in drought conditions for years.
Maybe having a few months of frost and snow isn’t so bad after all...
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