this is gross (a thread about PARASITES)

I did not faint but I did go "oh that is just not right"

lol

don't piss a candiru off - they get testy

oh dear. I actually groaned.

that was balls

give that man the sack

http://fray.com/drugs/worm/

Now with 100% cuter illustrations!

NYC's RadioLab podcast had a story about a entymologist who ended up with a botfly in his scalp. They are SO so gross. Except this freaky dude got all attached to it and tried to keep it alive after it escaped his head. AGH!!!

Our high school science lab had a jar with a tapeworm from a cow's stomach in it. I do not like tapeworms.

home tapeworms are killing science labs

this is a really good book about parasites:
http://www.bioquip.com/prod_images/3779B-001-Parasite-Rex.jpg

(hides)

There's a lot of paperwork involved in the removal of red tapeworms...

http://www.astsports.com.au/data/website/Image/Cricket/Ashes%202009/eiffel-tower-day.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNDG7WPtVO4

What do you ppl think of Animal Planet's all-parasite series 'MONSTER INSIDE ME'?

Wife and I discovered it while visiting my Mom (who has cable) and could not stop watching. E.G. there are these flukes which get into your system if you accidentally ingest trace amounts of animal fecal matter. They wriggle their way to your brain, where they then assume their "cyst" form, after which they are totally unkillable without brain surgery, and you have to reconcile yourself to having dormant spherical parasite in your brain for the rest of your life.

Also learned a lot about the Milwaukee Cryptosporidium epidemic-- terrifying stuff.

I have that book... Truly freaky. If I were in any way paranoid it would make me deeply afraid of every other living thing on the entire fucking planet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ_-JzM-YQg

WORM CHEESE

Wasn't that parasite doco the one momus was in as well?

I don't know why I keep checking this thread. Blarg.

Here's the story from the guy who intentionally infested himself with hookworm to cure his asthma. Apparently it works for IBS and Crohn's too.

Does reading this thread make anyone else itchy?

no, but it does make me think about people who can't seem to keep themselves from self-destructive behavior, and wonder if there's some parasite involved that we don't know about

it makes me not want to eat or ingest anything, ever...or go anywhere ever again.

W@W at the hookworm dude. I have mild asthma and I smoke (albeit lightly). his story is making me strongly consider quitting so that I don't spend my mid-30s walking barefoot in African shit.

The latest Radiolab episode grossed me out so much I could hardly listen to it. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2009/09/25

stop posting botfly videos I have to click them and I do not enjoy it one bit

You should activate your computer's parental controls

http://i.imgur.com/i7UmTbT.gif

aaaaaaarrrrrghhhhhhhhh

ty 4 nightmare fuel

Looks like one of these guys that replaces the fish's tongue http://i.imgur.com/SDrWeIx.jpg

jesus christ

key-rist!

What is that, a leech?

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found his tongue transformed in his mouth into a gigantic insect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/the-parasite-that-just-shut-down-a-montana-river-has-an-unbelievable-origin/496817/