The highly invasive New Guinea flatworm, which is on the 100 worst invasive alien lists, has just been identified in the United States, in Florida. Tracked by researchers from the Sorbonne’s National Museum of Natural History, the creature has recently wormed its way from typical island locations to the continental U.S., as well as New Caledonia, Singapore, the Solomon Islands and Puerto Rico. The worms can climb trees and are known to incessantly feed on snails and mollusks, which could greatly disturb the natural food chain.
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