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Long Black Worm Found Wrapped Around the Leg of a Dog is a Hammerhead Flatworm

“My neighbor found this worm attached to her dog, wrapped around its leg,” says this reader about the creature displayed below. The worm is very long, black in color (with a gray underside), and appears to be a flattened, rather than tubular, shape.