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title: "Surprising facts about flatworm"  
description: "A short explanation of the flatworm and it's interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2769/surprising-facts-about-flatworm  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Flatworm", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Surprising facts about flatworm

![Surprising facts about flatworm](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/246e0c6e-dd45-473c-a01b-3ae519569e3f/images/b15879b6-ee7e-4c26-984e-5a4869a2c584.jpeg) ![Surprising facts about flatworm](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/246e0c6e-dd45-473c-a01b-3ae519569e3f/images/b15879b6-ee7e-4c26-984e-5a4869a2c584.jpeg) Flatworms have the ability to rebuild their complete bodies. When a flatworm is split in half, each half can regenerate into a new animal. ![Surprising facts about flatworm](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/246e0c6e-dd45-473c-a01b-3ae519569e3f/images/db8caa41-3d9f-4588-85c7-ae743bfe4ef0.jpeg) Some flatworms are being studied for their potential application in the treatment of disorders such as cancer and Alzheimer's. ![Surprising facts about flatworm](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/246e0c6e-dd45-473c-a01b-3ae519569e3f/images/db8caa41-3d9f-4588-85c7-ae743bfe4ef0.jpeg) Some flatworms reproduce through budding. Asexual reproduction, in which a new animal develops from a bud on the parent animal's body. ![Surprising facts about flatworm](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/246e0c6e-dd45-473c-a01b-3ae519569e3f/images/033dc75b-9acb-4cd4-96b3-931164561f28.jpeg) They live in a wide range of environments, including oceans, rivers, soil, and even the human body. ![Surprising facts about flatworm](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/246e0c6e-dd45-473c-a01b-3ae519569e3f/images/345858c5-cd04-4076-a825-07ec97528f0b.jpeg) Additionally, trematodes are parasitic flatworms that infect humans and other mammals. They are frequently referred to as flukes.

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