Attack of the Hammerhead Worms

Well, the wild life. A wild life obviously had some rainfall last week, heavy rainfall in places, and it's brought a species to our doorstep here in North texasol were wolves, not were wolves.

No crocodiles, not crocs.

Oh good guess.

Although I did see a sign in fort Worth, I don't really get derailed too far. I saw a sign in Fort Worth and it said this is by one of the lakes. Alligators have been seen around lake Worth. State law prohibits feeding, killing, molesting, or attempting to move an alligator. What are y'all doing out there in Lake Worth?

The gators alone?

I'm trying to give the galligator a little jack.

Isn't Lake Worth where the we had the guy that there was big foots and stuff out there?

Remember that?

Yeah, imagine the story from the past.

Yeah, oh yes, yeah, that was lake Worth?

Right, I think it was Lakeworth?

Now.

I also the questionable signs and photographs Before we get back to the wild left news. Do you remember the other day when I brought up the Rangers and the gay Pride the headline on Star Telegram, But they put a picture of Alejandro Soon on top of it, rather than the owners of the Rangers logo. I called out the Fourth Star Telegram. I can't let the Dallas Morning News slide on this. I might have to show y'all with my computer here. Okay, it's Dallas Morning News newsletter.

Is that a stranded boat?

It's a kid at a baseball game and somebody's he's tilted his head up and somebody's squirting a water bottle in his mouth.

I think where.

It's a kid with his eyes closed, leaning up and someone's squirting the water bottle in his mouth.

And that's how we would like to say that we have a chance of rain this weekend.

That was weird. I can see using that.

Hey man, it's gonna be so hot, it's gonna be miserable. You're gonna hate it at your baseball tournament. Not it's rainy. You know what they should have done. They should have had a picture of Carl Havoc.

Yeah, it should have.

Anything's better than a kid with his eyes closed squirting a water bottle in his mouth.

It's very strange.

And I just wanted to call it the Dallas Morning News because I called out the Telegram too, both great, great staples of our community.

The hammerhead worm, though, is what we're worried about here.

Now.

You can know it's a hammerhead worm because it had shaped like a hammer you guys, see I sent you.

A picture of it. Yeah, it looks like a hammer head shark. But it's a worm.

You did send the picture.

I did.

That's good. Thanks.

Here's the problem. They can grow up to be a foot long.

But if you try to kill it, like cutting it in half, they grow, they turn into two.

They turn into two, so it grows another hammerhead.

Yes, but they're also toxic.

It's got regenerative head.

That's almost hard, impossible thing to find when you're married, because they're not. They don't marry for life, they don't have one soulmate. They're just out there worming it eaten earthworms.

Yeah.

According to the Texas Invasive Species Institute, hammer head worms are also toxic and can cause skin irritation.

No big deal. I face skin.

Irritation every day. Is so good?

All right?

Or what?

Man? I had a whole thought this weekend about What is the definition of a dad joke?

Is it just a pun? I don't know, a bad Yeah, just a bad pun.

Basically, so my son sent me one, he goes, When does a joke become a dad joke when it's a parent?

That what he sent me for Father's Day? Pretty good?

What do you call a lazy kangaroo? What a pouch potato? Because they're the animal that has a pouch on the have a pouch? Said, I love marsupial humor. Uh.

So, the hammerhead worms are gonna be around.

They're a natural predator of earthworms, and earthworms aren't necessary for crop growth and development. This this, this is a dangerous thing. And they can reproduce asexually. Yeah what Yeah, no one else does that.

That means like, if you're just taking care of yourself, you could get yourself pregnant.

Yeah, basically it's Morrissey. Hey explain.

Uh.

They give advice in here that I don't know that it's good advice about the best way to kill the hammerhead.

According to Tizzy the Texas Invasive Species Institute, the new head can begin developing within ten days if you try to cut its head off. An Experts say that you should kill it by using a spray of citrus oil and white vinegar, which they all have in our cabinets ready to go.

Hey, if you think you're gonna see this new species, can cock this at home and have it sitting around okay, or even better, also soak them.

In salt and vinegar, or by freezing them in a sealed ziplock bag.

Hours.

Just throw them in there with your pizza.

About that, put some gloves on, pick up the hammer head, put it in a ziplock bag, and stick it in the freezer for a couple of days.

That's how you kill it.

If you don't have the magical elicks are already made up and sitting on your counter.

So I don't even know what the play is. What's the practical play?

Now?

I have a step on it. I had a friend post on Facebook that he just doused it in salt and that did the trick. So I don't know.

I think that's a snail.

Wait he found out yeah, yes, yeah, but he posted as like a week ago. I think, wow, oh my god, it is crazy how their head is. It's good to know it's just like a snake, to know if it's venomous. They have the triangle head.

Yeah, this is what But dude, like these things can be like a foot long. Yeah, but dude, we caught a major break that the scariest things are tiny. Yeah.

Can you imagine if that thing was, like, I don't know the size of a dinosaur or something, that would suck.

I mean, isn't that what Dune is all about? Yeah? Exactly, It's exactly what it's about.

That's why we have the military.

All right, there you have it. There's the wildlife news. We got music news coming up. But first the Today game at just over three minutes. Don't go nowhere. That's next.