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  2. Bipalium - Wikipedia

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    Bipalium species are predatory.Some species prey on earthworms, while others may also feed on mollusks. [10] [11] These flatworms can track their prey. [12]When captured, earthworms begin to react to the attack, but the flatworm uses the muscles in its body, as well as sticky secretions, to attach itself to the earthworm to prevent escape.

  3. Hammerhead worms are planarians, a type of flatworm. Five species of invasive hammerhead worms — four in the genus Bipalium and one in Diversibipalium — are established in North America, said ...

  4. Bipalium kewense - Wikipedia

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    Bipalium kewense, also known as the shovel-headed garden worm, is a species of large predatory land planarian with a cosmopolitan distribution. [1] [2] It is sometimes referred to as a "hammerhead flatworm" due to its half-moon-shaped head, but this name is also used to refer to other species in the subfamily Bipaliinae.

  5. If you see an invasive hammerhead worm, don't cut it in half ...

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    The invasive hammerhead worm species secretes a toxin also found in puffer fish that harm humans or pets, so be careful when killing hammerhead worms. If you see an invasive hammerhead worm, don't ...

  6. MDC issues warning of zombie-like worm invading Missouri - AOL

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    Hammerhead worms, also called shovel-headed garden worms, release toxins that can irritate skin, and if eaten, can make people and pets sick. The toxins make it unpleasant to predators.

  7. Bipaliinae - Wikipedia

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    Several hammerhead flatworms have become invasive, the most famous being Bipalium kewense, now in many countries in all continents except the Antarctica.A 2022 study used occurrence records from online databases, including iNaturalist, and climatic and soil variable to model the potential distribution of five species of hammerhead flatworms, namely B. kewense, B. adventitium, B ...

  8. A Foot-Long Worm From Hell Is Invading Texas—and It ... - AOL

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    Some species of hammerhead worms produce a type of neurotoxin called tetrofotoxin to hunt creatures such as earthworms. They will paralyze a worm with the neurotoxin (found in the mucus secreted ...

  9. Bipalium adventitium - Wikipedia

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    Bipalium adventitium is known to prey on earthworms.In order to catch its prey, it follows a chemical trail given off by the earthworm. [3] Chemoreceptors on the head are responsible for sensing the trail left by the prey. [4]