“The likelihood of hammerhead worms harming people or animals is low and would require getting the mucus in the mouth or eyes.” Even then, however, the most likely symptom of contact with the ...

Because hammerhead worms consume beneficial worms ... them with gloves or wash your hands before touching your eyes or mouth if you handle them without gloves,” Skvarla says.

Scalloped hammerhead on the reef ... But the vast majority of sharks have a buccal (mouth) pump and are not so-called "obligate ram ventilators." (Ram ventilators like hammerheads and great ...