The Book of Invasive Species by Kit Carlson

But I thought I’d get a chance to test it out. Or just put something very big on it and squeeze it?Ĭould you not just squish it with your shoe?īen: So does Lindsay Nikole’s “trap, salt and freeze” method work? What if I cut it long the ways right down the middle? But other TikTokers would seem to disagree! There are several really creative ways, very sinister ways, with people in the comments making suggestions of how to kill the worm.

And I think it’s because of how she recommends that we kill the worms.īen: This is crazy. And I know we play fast and loose with the word “viral” sometimes, but her video really did pop off. Nora: So it’s actually made by a Gen Z zoologist named Lindsay Nikole. And each section becomes a new worm.īen: That’s amazing and terrifying. I love this video. Nora: And Ben, get this… they can reproduce by severing themselves into fragments. But I’m less scared of how it looks than what it can DO. And instead of the little rounded head, it has this flattened wide head shaped like a hammer. And has a little dark stripe running down its back. Nora: So in this video, there’s this terrestrial flatworm. Nora: Have you ever heard of a hammerhead worm before, Ben?īen: I’ve heard of a hammerhead shark, but not a hammerhead worm. This story starts, like all good and terrible Endless Thread stories, with an unusual… TikTok star? Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors.īen Brock Johnson: Nora Saks. Note: Episodes of Outside/In are made as pieces of audio, and some context and nuance may be lost on the page. ' Maine Gardener: Invasion of the jumping worms' (Portland Press Herald) ' Scientists Sound The Alarm About Invasive 'Crazy Worms' Found in Maine' (Maine Public) 'Invasive 'Jumping Worms' Threaten Trees in Maine and Elsewhere' (NECN) UMass Extension Invasive Jumping Worm FAQ 'Identify and Report Jumping Worms in Maine', UMaine Cooperative Forestry Research Unit informational videoĬornell University fact sheet on Asian Jumping Worms Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry fact sheet on jumping worms 'The Aliens Have Landed! Reflections on the Rhetoric of Biological Invasions', Banu Subramaniam Lindsaynikole's viral TikTok video on hammerhead worms Reddit post on r/oddlyterrifying about hammerhead worms ' A toxic, self-cloning worm that poops out of its mouth is invading Maine' (Bangor Daily News) Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In.įollow Outside/In on Instagram or Twitter, or join our private discussion group on Facebook Outside/In is made possible with listener support.

The Book of Invasive Species by Kit Carlson