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Toxins from the world’s longest animal can kill cockroaches

The stuff in this sea worm’s slime also took out invasive green crabs

bootlace worm

THANK THIS WORM  A bootlace worm glides along in its mucus, which has newly described toxins shown to paralyze or kill cockroaches and invasive crabs.

Erik Jacobsson

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Bootlace worms with spooky-stretchy bodies secrete a family of toxins new to scientists.