According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, invasive species can cost the global economy billions of dollars every year.
“If a young child puts soil in his mouth and ingests a flatworm or two or more, there’s a real risk of damage,” he warned. “If ingested, it’s a toxin that will first attack the perioral region, i.e. the face, the tongue and everything in the esophagus.”Hammerhead flatworms are also a danger to birds, dogs and other animals that frequent gardens, as well as to soil biodiversity.
The worm originated in Asia and was probably transported to North America on cargo ships carrying plants, Normandin said. The hammerhead flatworm was first observed in Montreal in 2018 by a member of the Universite de Montreal entomology team, but Normandin theorized it may “already have been established in the neighbourhoods around Mount Royal,” the large wooded hill in the heart of the city.
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