Hammerhead Flatworms Are Gross and Bad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2021
- The hammerhead flatworm is an invasive species that’s spreading across several states. Unlike earthworms, hammerhead flatworms don’t help the soil. Quite the opposite, Ashley Morgan-Olvera of the Texas Invasive Species Institute told Inside Edition Digital. “It harms our environment by killing earthworms, which can cause money problems because our crops, our gardens, our forests depend on earthworms to survive,” she said.
This is another one good reason why I need to buy a flamethrower.
🤣🤣🤣
Just use a lighter and hairspray
Samesies
One reason why I should buy a taser.
🤦🤦🙃🙃
They hate this worm so bad that even the reporter called them “Jerks”
I love the emphasis she puts on the word "jerks." Lol
its like she doesnt even wanna say the name
Lmaooo
Americans used to make drama out of nothing increasing the hate to extreme level. Same thing with carp and wild pigs, now worms.
@@johnbonson2658 chill buddy your xenophobia is showing.
Love how she mentions money to get people to actually be on the look out for the flat worms
Haha
People will do anything for money these days
I accidently step on it and it split into two part, AND..... Both run away in opposite direction.
@@lilyanne2676 I would be traumatized.
@@Hack-tf8jwwhen was this not the case?
So cutting it up means they multiply even more? That sounds like a superpower.
They need a nerf
Hydra head situation
Earthworms do this too I believe.
@@SRN_RL starfish too I think
God needs to nerf those thing
"The Little Jerks can also defend themselves." Hard hitting reporting at it's finest.
Wtf
Bro, it's a news tabloid television show, not 60 Minutes or the New York Times 😂
Hmmm... I wonder if we could burn them?
"The little jerkoffs"
Put salt all over the hammerhead flatworm to kill it.
I wonder if dishwashing liquid poured over them would kill them?
“A little bit of salt” yeah right I’m dumping the entire container on this abomination
Takes molten aluminum: now it safe;-;
Don’t listen to Timmy here. He’s trying to be cool and be edgy. Ignore him
@@JustaShrimp372 alright man;-;
So does coke sniff sniff work or does it like increase in size
🤣🤣🤣
My head: "ew that's gross, keep scrolling"
"I said keep scrolling"
"bruh stop stop stop stop"
As soon as I saw and clicked I yelled, “HECK NO.” I am dedicating a baggie just for this purpose. 🙏🏼
lol don't forget the salt
@@pinkiejustice5457 that’s kinda cruel in my opinion, *make it suffer in the bag by starving it to death*
These worms deserve to suffer
Just burn them. Fire is good. Fire is very useful
“The little jerks can defend themselves”
Damn Inside Edition be throwing hands
This comment th🤣
Why did i read it as soon as she said it😂
That part took me out😂💀
I don't blame her
Lmfao
DISGUSTING. This sounds horrible and I never want to run into this.
Yessir
yuh
Imagine if it attacked you lmaoo
Neel Niranjan fear mankind the people who surrounded you everyday not a simple insect.
I concur. I'm buying a gun.
I remember that I ran into one of these in my back patio with my mom when I was 4 or 5, and I had no idea what it was, so I just let it go. I will never forget how it terrifyingly went into the wall of my house.
Her: “You don’t wanna chop it up, it’ll multiply. Just put it in a ziploc bag with salt and just throw it away when you’re ready.”
Me: 🔥 🧨 ☠️ 👞 👞☠️☠️👞🔥🔥🔥🔥🧨☠️🔥👞👞🔥🧨🧨🔥👞👞👞 “Okay it’s dead”
For real 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😂😂
I would just burn it.
@@scenel-9066 u lonely or smth? 💀
FR💀💀💀
it can multiply from the smallest amount of cells… might just be better to burn it
First it was jumping worms, now its hammerhead worms, next you'll find out there's such a thing as unicorn worms.
Lol go touch some grasses
Yeah😅😂🤣
@@realpine6031 youtube exist
Then flying worms
I never seen this
There's always something bad going on, never ends.
Stuff is always been going on we're just now sending a focus on all the bad situations going now
For everything good there's something bad
Nature buddy
Put salt all over the hammerhead flatworm to kill it.
I wonder if dishwashing liquid poured over them would kill them?
This isn’t even that bad 🥴
“There was one time my brother transformed himself into a snake, because he knows how much I like snakes, and so I picked the snake up to admire it, but then he turned back and went 'AAHH! It's me! ' And then he stabbed me.” -Thor
I have seen two of these before at my house, but could not figure out what they were, so I left them alone. Now, if I see one, I will introduce it to the bottom of my shoe and my salt container.
Yea salt works every time.
Man those worms look like they came from space
just like the rest of us
@@ianthehunter3532 Not me because I am a qualified lesbian
Put salt all over the hammerhead flatworm to kill it.
I wonder if dishwashing liquid poured over them would kill them?
@@azeez8399 kill it with fire
OMG it's the hammerpede from Prometheus
I almost spit my drink out when the narrator said, "The little JERKS, can also defend themselves!".
🤣🤣🤣
Lmao hope ur ok
@@amanhilldcmoviesseries1673 I like your response 😊
@@limitlessimmortal3449 thank you
I literally read this at the same time the reporter said that. Funny
@@amanhill you're welcome
A wise man once said:
"Damn nature, you scary!"
Dam nature, you disgusting
@Wise Mann 😂
I’d shoot it if that thing came in MY yard.
“The little jerks”. That actually made me laugh.
“The little jerks could also defend themselves!” Lol
time to kill some Hammerhead Flatworms
🤣🤣🤣 that part
How dare they 😤
You know it's serious when something gets called a jerk in insider.
“In a lot of ways the hammerhead worm is more of a threat that the shark”??
The hammerhead shark IS NOT a threat!!!
The worm is
@@samuelhan4605 You know damn well she was insinuating the Hammerhead Shark is a threat and therefore you know what the OP was referring to.
I mean to be fair most Hammerhead species aren't that aggressive compared to other sharks, it's only the great hammerhead that is I believe
well the 6 people killed by sharks a year thing still exists so I think that's why they said that
Get in the water with one and tell em that
@@831riding2 they wouldn't even be interested in you unless you provoke them.
It's sad that scientists have to contextualise ecological effects as 'money problems', as if our soil becoming barren isn't an issue in itself.
Exactly
Prob because industries lobbied to have science deniers elected to office
Since they regenerate every body parts, you have to kill it by fully vaporizing them with Super Kamehameha
90% of the comments: reporter says “jerk” omg
The rest: flamethrower
1% of the comments:
NO ONES TALKING ABOUT THE TITLEEEE
I live in the woods on a farm so I’m definitely going to look out for these.I didn’t know they existed but at least I do now. Thanks inside edition!
Grab them with gloves please
@@Lucia-us5sj lol I know
@@theoddeye1413 You're doing the Earth a service! Thank you!
@@shellylee2443 np!
This is one of my favorite news report video titles I've ever read 😂😂
I caught one of these as a kid and accidentally killed him because he crawled into the camera I was trying to take a pic of him with and got squished :( I still feel bad, but SLIGHTLY less bad now so thank you lol.
GOOD
That's not cool god made every creature and you have no right
@@dontcallanimalspetstheyare7871 Lmfao why he didn't protect it then
@@towaism how do you know he's not protecting them?
@@towaism he's always there for them
Damn it. I just got used to earth worms, now this. Y'all just can't give me a break, can you?
Same here
Put salt all over the hammerhead flatworm to kill it.
I wonder if dishwashing liquid poured over them would kill them?
@@azeez8399 kill it with fire
@constant boobs you’re not funny
@constant boobs says the one who keeps saying did I ask on every comment
Not as disgusting as humanhead flatworms, you should see those things
There's no such thing as humanhead flatworm.
@@hellstarremina7605 joke
@@isaac-nm4xz thankyou, I didn't mean to look bitter 🙏🏼
@@hellstarremina7605 no problem, have a good day
Well actually thats biden
Earthworm
(type - Ground)
*Evolves into*
Hammerworm
(type - Ground/Poison)
Ok, but movesets and abilities.
Wrap
Toxic
Coil
Dig
Wow very interesting video!! Thank you for the information. Excellent teachings. 2022
Lol the person who wrote the title sounds like how a 4 year old would describe broccoli or spinach
lol
Underrated comment!
It sounds more like Trump to be fair
gross and bad
@Tex I think both sound the same
Omg... I can't believe this really exists... I'd believe it if someone told me it's Pokemon.
It's pokemon.
Why isn't this a pokemon yet though?
its not that special tbh
There is a Pokémon somewhat Similar to this.
Pikaaaa🤢...
Okay, they're bad for the environment, but no one says they look freakin' cool. Besides your dog learns that he should not eat everything🙌🏽
This is the funniest title I have ever seen on an Inside Edition video
Ok, there’s hammerhead worms too? Hell no, man..
Yep
@Chad Dawson Me, lol
@constant boobs Leave them alone, I was the one who asked.
@@bamboozled2046 Ignore them, they've been commenting this on every comment they see. Obviously a troll lol.
@@alitadombroski7688 Ye, i can see.
I hold worms for fishing, but this is just GROSS.
ikr 😭
@constant boobs I dont know,
*Did you?*
@constant boobs You're not cool, you're just a child😴😴
I wouldn't hold em. No but hell no lol
@constant sus No one asked you either
The title is hilariously informal.
It feels personal 😂
I love this call out post of the Hammerhead Flatworm
So, we need to kill Hammerhead worm and Jumping worm. Actually, I'm trying to make earth worm farm for no reason. Honestly it's fun.
What the hell
@@missanime6339 actually, I'm agriculture student and I want to learn about the worms also I want to use it for composting and for my soil. But I'm still learning 🤣
Best of luck!!
Yes promote the good ole earthworms! 💞😊
The chad earthworm vs the Virginia tapeworm
Wtf…Imagine chopping one up in like ten pieces…a few days later…they regenerate, you get ten more weirdly nasty hammerhead worms😳🤮
If only that could be done with other worms. Unlimited fishing bait. 😮
@@suchomimustenerensis5302 if these hammerhead worms aren’t toxic to most animals I think fishermen would probably make use of these gross worms for bait for sure e
Im a fisherman and im scared of worms.
@@josephprem8861 It's alright. I'm fine with worms, but slugs gross me out.
infinite worm glitch
This is the funniest TH-cam title of a serious video I've ever seen 😂
What about blending these things into a soup? Can it regenerate from that?
Been seeing a lot of these recently, didn't know that they pose such a threat to earthworms.
Trap em salt em toss em!
Buy a flamethrower
Jumping worms , now Hammerhead flatworms
Awesome. I was trying to decide what to have nightmares about tonight.
I've never herd of a hammer head flat worm before can they be in rhode island or surrounding areas?
Yes this is the content I like to watch teach us about invasive species and how to identify them I am a gardener in newyork I haven't found any yet thank god
@constant boobs i did 😍
Finally an inside edition title that makes sense
Omg very true!!
This is the first time I’ve ever been absolutely disgusted by a worm like I can’t
I've seen these in south Florida. I had no idea they were poisonous and evasive !
oml how much worse can this year get
To late
Did you forgot it's 2021? Yeah I always feel like it's 2020.
I don’t think these worms were born in 2021🥴
@@gigi_945 Yeah, Their size is like a snake and doesn't even look like a worm anymore... + Hammer Head
Chill, this isn’t even that bad. Stop overreacting lol.
If I see those worms I would literally take a lighter and burn it
I’d let out my bearded dragon to eat that bih
Careful to not touch them
Assault rifle
Agree
Bug spray
Isn’t the correct phrase is “The enemy of my enemy is my friend?”
“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine”
Kid " I like playing with worms "
Hammer worm " welll.... let me introduce myself "
@constant boobs Did I ask?
@constant boobs no one asked for your comment
@constant boobs no one asked bozzo
Uhm- if I’m not mistaken, when I was 14 I picked up one of those worms that I found on my yard (we had a huge mud pit from a slip n’ slide) and I tried to chase my mom with it. I thought it was a baby garden snake, but then realized it was a weird looking worm.
I accidently step on it and it split into two part, AND..... Both run away in opposite direction.
@@lilyanne2676 Oh my goodness yuck
@@lilyanne2676 ew
@@lilyanne2676 how the last of us started
There's no such species as a "garden snake".
Me with a salt shotgun and a flamethrower: Now this looks like a job for me
God the title uses my small vocabulary I love it.
I remember finding a bunch of these when I was a kid. We had an above ground pool on our property for 13 years then one day it burst. When we removed the pool, the sandy area underneath of it was infested with these worms. This happened like 10 years ago in Pennsylvania.
That sounds horrifying
How many worms do u think there were
@@differentkid1313 at least 2
@@differentkid1313more than 1
@@blitzie66 oh no that's 1 too many
God keeps nerfing us.
"My lord, they're recovering from the pandemic incredibly fast!"
"Release the worms!"
Naw, china sent these too.
@@kristingallo2158 not gonna lie that's kinda rude regardless were COVID came from. If COVID were to come from some were else it would have also spread
@@kristingallo2158 They wouldnt last a day in China.. Theyll evolve into Hammerhead chow mein
@@David-xy9vy most likely
My son dug up exactly one of these last summer up here in Washington state. We live at an apt complex with people moving from out of state a lot, being next to a military base and all. I don't know if they're up here or if we just found the one from a new neighbor moving in and it hopping from a potted plant they brought or something.
Careful tho, some species have toxic mucus around their body. Don't touch it with bare hand, it could make your hand swell in pain or worst
I recently found a couple of these outside after it rained. I was convinced they were leaches. I was so grossed out.
I've seen many where I live, not often but it's just disgusting you can't even pick(not with hands) and throw it away easily it just sticks with ground eeew
Squish it. Or if you don’t want contact spray it with toxic chemicals
I normally pick up earthworms to feed to our chickens or turtles with sticks but hammerhead flatworm?
Poke it with stick light stick on fire
and watch it burn
@@cats...6101 Worse advice ever. Don't spray them with toxic chemicals. When you poison things like mice and worms with toxic chemicals what often happens is other animals eat it and die too. It's a common killer of animals like cats and owls, so if you like those kind of creatures, and don't want them to be poisoned to death from eating a flatworm, don't do that.
The lady literally said all you need is salt to kill them anyway. Talk about overkill.
@@sardonicus1739 guess that’s a better idea.
My mouth dropped when they said that the small pieces of worms become more worms. Like a scary movie. That gave me anxiety.
Not just flatworms. Only you can get rid of all invasive species.
I wish I could find one of these. it would be so cool to set up a habitat for it.
Gonna start carrying a torch now. No way I'm touching that thing ever with a stick.
Long story short - Kill the Hammerhead worms , Protect the Earthworm !
@constant boobs me
@constant boobs yes
I live in south Florida, I used to see these guys like once a year but now Im seeing them every other week
First jumping worms, now Hammerhead flatworms. This is all so crazy and random!
meanwhile me: salt goes brrrrrrrr
"It doesn't need a mate to reproduce"
Definitely me
Her: "Squish it completely"
*Me with my hydraulic press* : Gotchu
We should not take this lightly.
For our survival, this flat hammer head worm needs to be eliminated.
who wrote this headline? LOL sounds like a 6 year old did
I KNOW RIGHT HAHAHHA
Right? Wtf lmao
I like it though, it's straight to the point.
At least it's not a click bait kind of caption
Hahahaha
It's very straightforward and realistic
Thought the same thing
Put salt all over the hammerhead flatworm to kill it.
I wonder if dishwashing liquid poured over them would kill them?
Fire
Raid?
Have never seen them before. Where can one be located?
I found one cleaning out a small fish pond. I feed it to my bass in my big pond. So my question is should I be looking for more of them in my yard? Eastern NC.
This scares me
It looks very alien like. Maybe this is a prophecy of what is to come?
What prophecy ??? How is a hammerhead flat worm a prophecy ?
its just a worm calm down there buddy😂
Wow, I've never heard of a Hammerhead flat worm before.
It sounds like a creature from out of space with the description and ability.
A very educational title Inside Edition 👏👏👏
I’ve been alive for 27 years and have NEVER EVER EVER even heard of anything close to hammerhead worms.
I mean it’s not out of this world. It’s just a work with a little weird things on it’s head at first glance
Wait until you see a hambubukag
@@sillycheese301 I can chill with those guys
& people wonder WHY Australia has such strict quarantine laws when it comes to importing plants & animals.
And California has an airtight border for agricultural trucks
They hate the worm so much they couldn’t even call it by it’s real name lol 😂
18 inch worm?!?! HELL NAW
“The Little Jerks”😂😂😂😂
I am a qualified lesbian
"The enemy of our friends is the enemy"
*conflict rates drop to 0*
How do they survive our winters when their native range reside from warmer parts?
What a descriptive title
Time to call the superhero among all the earthworms!!
*EARTHWORM JIM!!!!*
Agreed!!!!! We should ask Doug TenNapel to create a comic of EWJ taking out these nasty things....
Man who out here breeding sharks with worms
I like to pick up worms and either play with them or put them back into the ground, but with these hammerhead worms I am just gonna step on them
So basically a shape of a hammerhead shark’s head on a worm during harm to our environment…
I just moved back to Florida and had these all over my property a month ago after a bunch of rain. After reading about them it sounded like something from the scifi channel. I sprinkle salt on them and they sorta liquefy
Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent of your wickedness ma'am
@@monicalivesforchrist5901 no
You didnt misspell *multiply did you ?
@@David-xy9vy nah man sprinkle a good amount of salt on any flatworm and they turn into a liquid goo. Salt absolutely destroys them
@@joaquinserrano-armas666 yed
I picked one up when I was little and my older sister screamed at me to put it down because apparently they were poisonous
I remember these when I was young. They're slimmy like a snail. Pouring salt on them like a snail causes them to melt away.