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(Wildwood, NJ) — For the past few weeks, beachgoers in Wildwood, New Jersey have been spotting inch long worms in the surf and on the sand. Many have taken to social media platforms like TikTok to ask whether they should be worried about them.
Stockton University Marine Science professor, Christine Thompson says the creatures are cinder worms or sometimes called clam worms, and she says they are not dangerous. They are commonly seen in the Atlantic Ocean. Professor Thompson says if the worms are out in large numbers it means it must be mating season for them. The Marine Science expert says the mating season for clam worms is normally short lived and they die off a short time later. She says the worms should soon begin to disappear from Wildwood beaches.
