Alt: A velvet worm, which resembles a centipede crossed with a slug: long red cylindrical body with stubby white legs and darker colored antennae. It's spraying clear liquid from nozzles on either side of its face, projecting past the camera at a surprising level of force.

ALT: a cartoon character says " and i for one welcome our new insect overlords " on a television screen

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USDA experts have been swept up in the Trump administration’s frenzied and turbulent efforts to drastically shrink the federal workforce.