Lorena Bobbit's Legacy Is to Name the "Bobbit Carnivorous Worm!"

Having been writing about creepie-crawlies for many years, it takes something pretty macabre to have me say gosh and golly and rear back on the sofa in surprise.
Such was the reaction last night to the TV program Blue Planet, as the Bobbit Carniverous Worm made its explosive presence known.

Blue Planet Series Extraordinary Photography

The Blue Planet series has particularly effective close-up photography and as we were peacefully watching a small fish swim amongst the corals in Australia, when, with a swirl of sand and a foaming fountain of disturbed water, an awful head emerged from the sea bed at lightning speed and grabbed the poor fish with a mouth filled with scissor-like fangs!
That hundreds of viewers have complained of being terrified by the production and its fearsome protagonist says a lot for Planet's photography and presentation.

Imagine one of these in the garden!

Calling the Bobbit a worm seems to damn it by faint praise! Sea monster would be more accurate, as we are told this hideous creature can grow to three meters in length with its body hidden under the sand and gravel of the environment it chooses. And that it is also venomous to a degree and can semi-paralyse its larger prey.
So vicious is the attack from the "worm" many of its smaller targets are torn in two before being grabbed and pulled slowly into its lair under the sand.

The Bobbit's prey are very aware!

The Bobbit's danger is so recognized by neighboring fish feeding in the area, many come and blow the covering sand away from its ambush-predator head so the community can see it and give it a wide berth. Hey! Mama didn't rear no stoopid little Snappers!

The infamous cock-cutter!

The creature's nickname, "The Bobbit Worm" (Scientific name, Eunice Aphroditois)," brings a smile from those who remember whom it was named for, Lorena Bobbit, who amputated her husband, John's, penis with a kitchen knife while he slept in 1993, after she claimed he had raped her.
The act and the following long-drawn-out legal shennanigans which followed captured the world's attention, especially the cartoonists and punsters of the press who had a field day.
Both Bobbits were excused real punishment: the rape wasn't proven and she was let off for reasons of temporary insanity. (Bobbit's organ was found in the field where his wife had thrown it and reattached...but his phallus had unsurprisingly lost its previous full sensation!)
Nevertheless, John Bobbit, who seems to be a somewhat unsavoury character, went on to form a rock band, "The Severed Parts," and make a couple of dodgy flicks before becoming seriousy injured recently and fading from the public view.

Bobbit Worms cannot amputate penises

It must be noted that the Bobbit Worms do not, indeed, cut off their mate's penises; even if so inclined, it would be impossible as Bobbits (the worms) lack a penis all together as they are, in common with 75% of reef dwellers, "broadcast spawners," their eggs and/or gametes are released into the open sea for subsequent fertilization.
If this article has a motto for man and fish, it may well be, "Where your Worm's concerned, keep your guard up all the time!"