There are plenty of videos available on the Internet that showcase the oddball leisure activity that is eyeball licking, but as the trend becomes more widespread, issues ranging from conjunctivitis, better known as pink eye, to potentially more serious eye issues, including eye-chlamydia have sprung up.

Japan has been known for many random, cool, and sometimes weird trends, but eye-licking may take the cake in terms of oddball behavior. The behavior that is spreading throughout the country is going by the name oculolinctus but has an even more creeptastic name, “worming.” Think about pink tongues flitting out of mouths and making brief contact with the clear and vulnerable surface of the eye. It’s not a pretty image, but some kids seem to be loving it.