Psych worm

A psych worm is a gigantic abnormal worm native to Hollow Earth.
== History ==
=== Season 3 ===
	: A psych worm uses psychoactive venom to send its victims into a dream world while it devours them. A worm surfaced right underneath Helen Magnus and Will Zimmerman, hitting them with its venom and causing them to be locked in a psychoactive dream world. Kate Freelander and Henry Foss were able to capture the creature and take it to Virgil St. Pierre's lab in New Mexico. It took over three days for Virgil's scientists to treat Magnus and Will; restoring their minds back to normal.
	: Abnormals from Hollow Earth suddenly begin to surface 60 miles outside of Rapid City. With U.N. approval granted by Lilian Lee, the abnormals are transported to the Sanctuary Network's refugee camp (a large fenced-in vacant lot in Old City located not to far from the local Sanctuary) overseen by the Lotus Defense Corps. As Will Zimmerman and Kate Freelander are on site to receive the abnormals, Will spots Fallon in the crowd and tracks her down.Fallon is brought to the Old City Sanctuary for interrogation. As they sit in Magnus's study and Helen Magnus asks questions, Fallon tells her that after she escaped Praxis, she hid in the Outlands with her tribe. When power in the tunnels went out and their water supply stopped, rumors began about Praxis being attacked. Due to lack of resources, tribe leaders decided to surface.As Magnus briefs Lee and General Villanova of this new information regarding the motive behind the refugees, she conveys that Fallon told her that when they reached the nearest gateway, that Praxian defenses were down. Through deductive reasoning, this detail provided Magnus with an explanation as to why the psych worms were able to escape Hollow Earth.
=== Season 4 ===
	: In a deleted extended scene titled Scene 26 "Thank You", as Will Zimmerman and Helen Magnus are treading water as they attempt to find an exit way out of the cavern system they are stuck in while trying to avoid a quetzalcoatl, Will asks Magnus if she remembers the fake reality they experienced from the psych worm. Magnus replies that it was a very long time ago for her, however for Will he says he remembers it quite clearly and expresses his wish to have a world like that someday; to have a family with Abby Corrigan while also working for the Sanctuary Network. Magnus advises caution based on her own experience at trying to do both as she raised her daughter Ashley Magnus.
== Notes ==
* Trivia: Nothing is known about the full length, strength, speed, and temperament of the creature. Even if the creature was slow moving and docile, realistically, due to the massive size of the creature, capture and especially transport of the psych worm would be extremely time consuming and logistically close to impossible based on gross weight tonnage.
** Speculation: It could be closely comparable to trying to wrangle and transport a fully grown adult blue whale.
* Scientific Fact: Earthworms are unable to swim. Though they don't have lungs, their skin is capable of absorbing oxygen from water. However, though most earthworms can survive being submerged in water for days up to two weeks or more, if the worms fail to exit the water, they will eventually drown.Web article - The Woodland Trust.org.uk - Do worms have eyes? And other worm facts Web article - Spectrum News Weather Staff - Why do worms come out after rain? Here are 3 theories Web article - Scientific American - Why Do Earthworms Surface After Rain?
* Scientific Fact: Earthworms need moisture to survive and spend the majority of their life within the top three feet of soil; feeding off of the nutrients in the soil from decaying vegetation and other organic materials.Web article - Highlights Kids - Where do worms go when the ground is very dry? Earthworms usually have the capability to burrow to an average max depth of about six-and-a-half feet.Web article - National Geographic - Common Earthworm - Earthworm Segments and Burrowing However, in drought conditions, some earthworm burrows have been found as deep as sixteen-and-a-half feet (five meters) in search of moisture.Web article - University of Michigan - BioKids: Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species - What kind of habitat do they need?
== References ==
Category:Abnormals/Recurring
Category:Abnormals/One-Shot
Category:Abnormals/Season 3
Category:Abnormals/Season 4
Category:Abnormals/Hollow Earth