Hurricane Debby Sends Catfish Home

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Mucus-covered walking catfish are army-crawling on Florida roads after Hurricane Debby. What to know about the species.

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Hurricane Debby is sending nonnative creatures that move "like an infantry-man scooting under barbed wire" These are walking catfish, a species native to southeast Asia first reported in Florida in the 1960s .

They are most commonly found in the Everglades and in canals that connect to it.

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