here are the basic facts about the hammerhead worm:-
– All individuals are hermaphroditic and capable of sexual and asexual reproduction. They usually reproduce by chipping a small part of the tail
– Half-moon shaped head
– It is considered a pest to farmers because they predate on
– Non-parasitic, harmless to humans
– Along with the closely related B adventitium, the only known terrestrial invertebrate to produce the Tetrodotoxin toxin
– Mouth also serves as anus
Hammerhead worms will follow an earthworm’s trail to capture it, and then it holds its victim in place with its muscles and a sticky secretion.
They then eat the earthworm in the most gruesome of ways. It will push its pharynx out of its mouth and then secrete enzymes on the worm.
The enzymes will dissolve the earthworm’s body, and once this occurs, the hammerhead worm sucks the liquefied tissue into its body.
Because the earthworm is dissolved before being consumed, the hammerhead worm’s digestion process largely occurs outside of its body.
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