Other Human Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
A possible boom in a highly toxic but irresistibly touchable caterpillar is sending people in the eastern US to the hospital.
Young children from Florida to North Carolina are reporting excruciating pain after coming into contact with the most venomous caterpillar in the US, the furry puss caterpillar (_Megalopyge opercularis_), according to news reports. Some have petted the insect; others have been injured when the caterpillars fell onto them from trees.
The puss caterpillar got its
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