The Flesh-Eating Screwworm Is Here — But Its Name Is Misleading People

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If you're wondering whether they'll eat your flesh, keep reading. There are a lot of things in the natural world you might never want to think about. For example: Parasitic, creepy-looking critters whose life cycle depends on embedding their young in the flesh of a warm-blooded animal. Unfortunately, the New World screwworm (NWS), also known as the “flesh-eating screwworm,” is back in the news as agricultural authorities in South Texas have created a quarantine zone to deal with a case in a

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