"Claude Cooper from Cleveland copped the copper cladding."
Ship worms are why wooden ships needed copper cladding.
If you are afraid of eating the worms, a tinfoil hat might help.
Personally, I’m thinking of the lack of nutritional value. How nutritious can a worm be whose sole source of nutrition for it is wood pulp?
"Claude Cooper from Cleveland copped the copper cladding."
No.
Disinclined to do so?
Yes.
Bugs, worms, and things like zebra mussels are what my chickens eat. It is cruel to snatch food from their little beaks. Only a heartless monster would do such a thing.
I agree.
MMMMMmmmmm! Steamed Cherry-Stone teredinids with melted butter....
I guess it would depend on the taste and texture - love steamed clams and both raw and cooked oysters - night be more prone to check these out than bugs and actual worms...