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Guinea Flatworm Research Paper

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The new guinea flatworm is from the united states of America.this worm is native to the island of New Guinea where it was originally to have been found in. You can find these worms in tropical areas,coastlands ,planted forests, riparian zones shrubs and urban areas as well.it feeds on earthworms ,slugs and arthopods. This worm can harm the snail called The Giant East African Snail. This worm also can mainly eat mollusks and it especially likes to prey on snail. To hunt for it's prey the worm deposits itself to the bottom of a cabbage leave. It also can follow snail mucus trails to find it`s trail. It also has a infectious rate at least 14.1% and this thing usually lives on cabbage leaves. This worm not only affects the whole population of animals or a specific area this worm can affect humans as …show more content…

This worm has other things it can eat as well. The one thing this worm loves to eat is the snail eggs it finds when it attaches itself to the bottom of the cabbage leaves and when it is searching for it's prey as well. Many scientists have said that the new guinea flatworm is one of the fifteen tenth largest dangerous and threatening invasion on the united states. They say it continues to grow even this year as well. It fact many people say that when it starts to develop the worms never stop growing and developing and continue to grow and grow and take over populations and specific areas in the united states. Many relationships with other species in the worm occur because the worm continues to invade state by state ,county by county or even area by area and it is causing problems everywhere. Another reason the specific species relationships happen is because the worms continue to have offspring and then they will continue to develop and develop. The next reason is the flatworm can carry a parasitic disease that infects rats and can be passed on to

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