Flesh-eating Worms have Appeared in Florida
After nearly 35 years of being eradicated in the U.S., a destructive, flesh-eating worm has reappeared within our borders — in the state of Florida, to be exact, where officials believe it may be quietly and unassumingly entering the country through Cuba. Known as the screwworm, the worm, which does exactly as its name suggests, seems to find its way into humans through open flesh wounds. Once there, it begins screwing through flesh, eating whatever it can along the way. The Atlantic reports that 1982 was the year the screwworm is believed to have been vanquished from the U.S....
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