Giant worm invaders make sneak attack

摘要

Giant flatworm invaders in France have managed to go under the radar for years, until now. Previously, researchers thought that sightings of hammerhead flatworms — which can grow to 12 inches long or more — were a fluke. But now they've documented 111 observations of large flatworms between 1999 and 2017 in a study published today in the journal PeerJ and titled "Giant worms chez mo/1" In one sighting, a group of kindergarteners thought they were snakes.