Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories
Check out the paper from @plathelminthe4 & colleagues (including amateur naturalist who first sent in photos of the invasive worms) & its discussion of importance of #SciEngage
https://t.co/Fl0yFP4HAo
Giant predatory worms invaded France, but scientists just noticed them https://t.co/bRuReq6Y5Z
Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms in metropolitan France and overseas French territories: https://t.co/H9Mw9nG2aq https://t.co/6brcTvRRDP
I realise I'm opening myself up to ridicule here, but I'd never heard of scissiparity in macroscopic animals before. Check this out: https://t.co/UorgPYRCTD
From a 20 cm worm: "the shed tail fragment is immediately motile. It develops a head and pharynx within seven to 10 days."
Giant predatory worms invaded France, but scientists just noticed them https://t.co/KqcO8ysfIT https://t.co/m5cBpzY1lS #ecology @thePeerJ @washingtonpost https://t.co/Nzfwgpj1YB