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This Freaky Worm Can Clone Itself—and Sometimes Grows 2 Heads

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31.10.2025
Scientists studying Stenostomum brevipharyngium, a millimeter-long flatworm that reproduces asexually, found that it sometimes totally botches its own self-cloning process. Instead of creating a standard head on one end and a tail on the other, it will give itself to fully functioning heads on opposite ends. What a freak show. What a horror. And just […] The post This Freaky Worm Can Clone Itself—and Sometimes Grows 2 Heads appeared first on VICE.

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