One of them paralyses the victim, and the other liquefies them. In actual fact, the hammerhead worms can secrete two different fluids. To start off with, the aforementioned fluid it can secrete, while not being that harmful to humans, is deadly toward the prey that it hunts. Now, for some fascinating facts concerning the flatworm. As such, we recommend that our reader move the worm outside. Thirdly, because of its predatory nature, hammerhead worms thrive outside in humid environments. Its presence in our reader’s friend’s home could indicate the presence of other bugs, so that is something she can look out for. Secondly, hammerhead worms are predators, and will eat various insects, small critters and even other hammerhead worms. Instead, wear gardening gloves if and/when handling them, or scoop them up with a dustpan. That said, they do secrete a fluid which can cause irritation or stinging to the skin, so we do not recommend touching them with bare skin. Firstly, hammerhead worms are not dangerous to humans. Before we get into that, we will mention some facts that we think will be of interest to our reader.

In addition to their unique appearance, they also possess a number of extraordinary abilities. Hammerhead worms are, in our opinion, one of the most fascinating worms. So, despite not being a “worm expert”, our reader did a pretty good job of sleuthing for answers.

Based on the image above, we can confirm that this is indeed a hammerhead flatworm.

Worm with flat shell