Phantom Quadrant presents:

6 ft 3 in. wide by 13 ft 5 in. deep, four-legged Worms had developed so large that if they had swallowed the ship they would have ballooned to a diameter of about 12 feet across. All the personnel evacuated the ship. A flash of light encompassed the worm, and the water it had swallowed condensed into a solid blob. The hell hole of “biotermania” had been vaporized. Biotermania was then losing its luster. And that’s the way science works