Flesh-eating screwworm detected near the US border called an “imminent threat”

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/nature/outdoors/flesh-eating-screwworm-detected-near-the-us-border-is-called-an-imminent-threat

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YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 162d (4 replies)

Waiting for RFK Jr to adopt some as pets.

timewarp@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 162d (1 reply)

They'll live in his brain rent free

rslogix89@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 161d

“I can charge it rent to live in my brain?” - RFK Jr probably

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 162d
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rslogix89@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 162d

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 162d

The EPA will hand...... never mind, they are gone too.

null@lemmy.org · 9 pts · 162d

It's a good thing we disband the flesh-eating screwworm detection and eradication department.

Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 162d

Kurzgesagt made a good background video on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq60I5RSW8

https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=zxq60I5RSW8

So yeah, I can't wait for the US to do absolutely fucking nothing useful about this.

slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 162d (1 reply)

If COVID looked like this thing nobody would think twice about getting vaccinated.

PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 162d

More like the horse dewormer would be even more popular

HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 162d

Man screw going to the US.

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 162d

Well it is a good thing that the CDC is fully staffed and funded.