Officials Issue Warning After Several Sightings of Dangerous 'Hammerhead Worm': 'Don't Kill It, Don't Squish It, Don't Cut It Up'

Officials issue warning after several sightings of dangerous 'hammerhead worm': 'Don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up'

Health officials on alert after rare Naru worm found in Ponda

NT Reporter Ponda Panic briefly gripped the Nagzar area of Ponda on Thursday morning following the sighting of a rare one-metre-long, thread-like parasite locally known as the Naru worm or Guinea worm. This is the second such sighting in Ponda this year, the previous one reported in August during the rainy season at the home of Sandeep Khandeparkar. The latest sighting occurred at the residence of Priya Naik, a tailor operating from the Ponda Ma…