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"Maneater" screwworm that lays eggs in nostrils and open wounds headed towards Texas

Carla Sinclair
Jan 07, 2025
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent out an advisory warning hunters, livestock owners, and outdoorsy folks near the southern border to watch out for a flesh-eating parasite known as the New World Screwworm.

The "man-eating" screwworms, or "devastating pests" as the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls the…

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