It seems to us that almost every summer, the flatworm becomes the target of news stations who want to spread mass hysteria and inject fear into the hearts of those who might not know any better than to trust the words of journalists twisting the words of experts. We’re here to set the record straight and clear the name of flatworms. This year, hammerheads are being targeted. They have been targeted in the past, but so has the New Guinea flatworm. In this article we will be responding to a “ CBS article on hammerheads” published by Li Cohen.

“What the heck is this?” asks this reader about the brown, striped organism pictured below. “It’s easily 10-to-12-inches long, and found in Greenville, South Carolina.”