Toxic 'Hammerhead Worm' Is Invading Texas, Triggering Warnings

Agricultura

"Don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned residents via NBC as a toxic flatworm spreads across North Texas. While this invasive species has been in the US for years, the state's fatally heavy rains , fueled by climate change , are enabling the hammerhead flatworm ( Bipalium kewense ) to thrive and spread. This brown and black-striped, flattened land planarian with a distinctive half-moon-shaped head can reach lengths of up to 40 cm (15.7

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