How flatworms open the shell and consume the oyster remains a mystery. To prevent another flatworm invasion, scientists are first soaking the oysters in heavily salted water. The results in the laboratory so far have been encouraging, but this technique has yet to be tried at the sea ranch.
扁蟲究竟如何打開牡蠣殼、吃掉牡蠣，如今仍是個謎；過去林曜松教授曾在實驗室研究將牡蠣串浸泡濃食鹽水，以防扁蟲入侵的方法，初步結果顯示可行，但尚待進一步至海洋牧場中，實際驗證。