queerest looking worm ever!!

[TheFinchMan101]

never seen this kind of worm ever, or maybe its just me, but what baffled me most was the head on it. heres some pics:



what do use all think?? all i can say is that ive never seen it before.


maybe a leech of some kind??

[Jayburd]

WEEEEEIRD!
I saw a bright blue worm once in the Aussie alps - but nothing ever like this before.
for interest's sake ;)

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[gomer]

Its a giant gippsland earth worm buy the looks of it grows between 2 to 3 metres long and only skinny like that.Not sure how far north they are found.

[TheFinchMan101]

its kinda like a slug, it leaves a trail behind it, and is really hard bodied as well.

[TheFinchMan101]

just looked at some pics of the giant gippsland earthworm on google images, doesn't have the same head as the one i got here???

[Tintola]

It is a type of Flatworm, some of which are carnivorous on earthworms.

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[SamDavis]

I've never seen anything like it, so Googled "hammerhead worm" and found this pic

on this link http://kenzomtb.blogspot.com/2009/10/nematode.html which implies it's an earthworm eating exotic parasite that needs to be squished!

[Tiaris]

Its not a Gippland one. We get similar slimy black ones with a pale brown stripe like that without the hammer-shaped head. At a glance they look like an elongated leach but they're very soft & usually only found out in the open in the morning or where its moist & shady. Don't know what family they belong to but they seem a bit more like a type of slug to me rather than a worm.

[TheFinchMan101]

which implies it's an earthworm eating exotic parasite that needs to be squished!

its goonee. as in i killed it.

[gomer]

Defiantly looks like that parasite with the flat head.Very interesting indeed.