Report: ‘Penis fish’ take over California beach

This worm can extend it's mouth, seen on the right side, and then will trap micronutrients,...
This worm can extend it's mouth, seen on the right side, and then will trap micronutrients, which it swallows. It lives in a U-shaped tube and may have a goby, a pea crab, and others living with it. It is eaten by sea otters, too.(Jerry Kirkhart, Flickr)
Updated: Dec. 13, 2019 at 10:41 PM EST
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(WAVE) - Storms have reportedly stranded thousands of phallic-looking sea creatures on Drakes Beach in California, according to the Bay Nature website, and they aren’t pretty.

The oversized, flesh-colored worms, called fat innkeeper worms, are being called another name: penis fish.

They showed up on the beach last Friday.

Bay Nature reported the 10-inch long worms to look like wiggly sausages and are common in Northern California.

Penis worms are even eaten in some Asian countries.

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