Kennedy Jr. claimed in a deposition taken more than a decade ago that a worm ate part of his brain ... tell him the dark spot on his scans were a dead parasite, according to the New York Times.

had a dead parasite in his head. The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Mr. Kennedy ...

The mere presence of a dead counterpart elicits ... Furthermore, they found that death perception led to reduced fitness in exposed worms and a short-term increase in egg laying.

In a 2012 deposition, the 70-year-old revealed that a parasitic worm “got into my brain and ... the mass was actually the remains of a dead parasite. Kennedy said in the deposition that ...

elegans worms, the presence of dead members of their species has profound ... Furthermore, they found that death perception led to reduced fitness in exposed worms and a short term increase ...