Hammerhead worms.

[Chickassan]

Yes hammerhead worms! Just an FYI especially for folks in the southeast of the U.S that hammerhead worms are BAD this year! For those that don't know hammerhead worms are an invasive species that feed on earthworms, they produce the same neurotoxin as puffer fish so obviously they aren't on the dinner menu. I found this big fella under a paint can, these are easily identified as it is a worm with a hammerhead.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Yikes, those are disgusting. I'm grateful daily I don't live in the south.

 

[Morgsgirl]

Where?
"Noneya" isn't a lot of help

 

[Chickassan]

Lol! South Carolina, sorry about the location I put it like that in fun.

Where?
"Noneya" isn't a lot of help

 

[Chickassan]

They are nasty, don't usually see them much but with all the rain it has driven them up to the surface along with their food source.

Yikes, those are disgusting. I'm grateful daily I don't live in the south.

 

[aart]

For those that don't know hammerhead worms are an invasive species that feed on earthworms, they produce the same neurotoxin as puffer fish so obviously they aren't on the dinner menu.

YIKES!! So would they kill a chicken if they ate one?
Off to google more info.

I'm grateful daily I don't live in the south.

Me Too!! ...never regretted moving back to the great north 35 years ago.

South Carolina, sorry about the location I put it like that in fun.

 

[The Phantom]

View attachment 1449228 View attachment 1449229 View attachment 1449230 View attachment 1449231 Yes hammerhead worms! Just an FYI especially for folks in the southeast of the U.S that hammerhead worms are BAD this year! For those that don't know hammerhead worms are an invasive species that feed on earthworms, they produce the same neurotoxin as puffer fish so obviously they aren't on the dinner menu. I found this big fella under a paint can, these are easily identified as it is a worm with a hammerhead.

 

[Morgsgirl]

Lol! South Carolina, sorry about the location I put it like that in fun.

Thanks!
I'm in NW Florida. And Yuck! Fingers crossed I never see one.

 

[Chickassan]

I would think they could, or if a chicken ate a normal earthworm that had been subdued but not eaten by the hammerhead yet.

YIKES!! So would they kill a chicken if they ate one?
Off to google more info.

Me Too!! ...never regretted moving back to the great north 35 years ago.

I will change it back!

 

[Chickassan]

Honestly I wonder if this isn't what got my EE. Her abdomen was slightly squishy so I thought water belly. The thing is she ate alot of earthworms, i'd see her pull them up all day. I saw her not an hour earlier just being a chicken, at lunch she was in a perfect sitting position dead as a hammer.