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It's funny how things come full circle, I was doing a search on the net and came upon this gem.
This in case you didn't know is a great Urban Legend which was quite interesting. This supposedly came from eating raw fish. Now I personally have never experienced the joy of eating raw fish, be it the swimming animal or a pretty lady.
I am going to venture beyond the fish and talk about worms or nematodes. I was quite amazed to learn that these things are everywhere, just like bugs. Normally they are microscopic and you can't see them. After reading a description about these little critters: Round bodied, elongate, cylindrical and unsegmented. I instantly thought of this.
All jokes aside, elephantiasis comes from a worm. A disease also known as Lymphatic Filariasis, it attacks the the lymph nodes and causes the swellings, something I didn't know, I just thought these guys made interesting pictures and were mocked on the internet for having the hugest nuts ever.
Another interesting worm is Guinea Worm. I saw this on TV about 3 or 4 years ago and was disturbed by it. Basically it's a worm that grows inside of you after ingested. It penetrates the walls of the intestine and grows for 10 to 14 months and about 2 to 3 feet long and emerges through your skin, normally in the lower limbs.
Back to kidding again I can only think of one parasitic parasite that wouldn't totally give me the heebie jeebies. But again of course it depends who really the carrier is.
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This in case you didn't know is a great Urban Legend which was quite interesting. This supposedly came from eating raw fish. Now I personally have never experienced the joy of eating raw fish, be it the swimming animal or a pretty lady.
I am going to venture beyond the fish and talk about worms or nematodes. I was quite amazed to learn that these things are everywhere, just like bugs. Normally they are microscopic and you can't see them. After reading a description about these little critters: Round bodied, elongate, cylindrical and unsegmented. I instantly thought of this.
All jokes aside, elephantiasis comes from a worm. A disease also known as Lymphatic Filariasis, it attacks the the lymph nodes and causes the swellings, something I didn't know, I just thought these guys made interesting pictures and were mocked on the internet for having the hugest nuts ever.
Another interesting worm is Guinea Worm. I saw this on TV about 3 or 4 years ago and was disturbed by it. Basically it's a worm that grows inside of you after ingested. It penetrates the walls of the intestine and grows for 10 to 14 months and about 2 to 3 feet long and emerges through your skin, normally in the lower limbs.
Back to kidding again I can only think of one parasitic parasite that wouldn't totally give me the heebie jeebies. But again of course it depends who really the carrier is.
Want to learn more?
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5 Comments:
Hahaha, I read up on pinworm too, and its the most common to get. So now whenever my ass itches I think I have worms and they're coming out to say hello and lay eggs.
I watched a show a while back. A guy was doing his business and out came this long white thing. His wife came in to rescue him and it was a fucking tapeworm or something. Hideous. I too think of this everytime I go now...looking down into the almightly bowl to make sure there's nothing alien goin' on down there...
this reminds me of a picture i saw on the net. it was a small fish, about a foot long, that had a worm sticking out of its belly. the creepy thing is that the worms was actually bigger than the fish and had been feeding off of it for a while after its death. nasty stuff.
How is your cat now??
I remember one time I was cleaning my cats ears out and there was bugs moving in the ear wax, that was pretty disturbing.
A tape worm, and generally they can cause some weight loss, but the side effects are much worse. IMHO If you want to lose 3 pounds, practice table push-backs.
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