Tuesday, November 11, 2025

'Hammerhead Worm' Is Invading TX, FL Next

"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 inches). Like many flatworm species, it can regenerate a whole new worm from slices of itself.

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'Hammerhead Worm' Is Invading TX, FL Next
"Don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up,"

It's OK for us to eat it, though, right? As long as we chew ten times?

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-11-11 12:02 PM

www.youtube.com

#2 | Posted by morris at 2025-11-11 02:24 PM

A toxic flatworm posted this story.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-11 07:49 PM

FTA: "The recent spread is one of many examples of climate change driving the proliferation of invasive species."

Invasive species like foreign trolls befouling drudge.com.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-11 07:56 PM

FTA: "The recent spread is one of many examples of climate change driving the proliferation of invasive species."
Invasive species like foreign trolls befouling drudge.com.
#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Says the jihadist-in-residence who showed up here two short years ago, a few months before the Palestinians raped and murdered 1,200 Israeli civilian men, women, and children. And tries to turn every discussion into an attack on Jews.

#5 | Posted by censored at 2025-11-13 12:19 PM

Do you need a Hankie?

Being against Murder and Usurping land isn't being against Jews.

Only a Guilty mind thinks that.

Do you feel Guilt?

#6 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-11-13 02:10 PM

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