#intestinal worms

[maisha-online]

How to Naturally Kill Intestinal Worms in Your Body?

Intestinal parasites can be a cause of concern for many individuals. These organisms reside in various parts of the body, primarily in the intestinal walls. Intestinal worms, also known as parasitic worms, are among the most common types of parasites that can infect humans. Amoebiasis, ascariasis, hookworm infection, and trichuriasis are some of the prevalent intestinal parasites. While there are…

[forgetful-ontologist]

[tapeworrmart]

Man's best friend (parasites) 🩸🪱

[bestanimal]

Round 1 - Phylum Nemertea

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Animals in the Phylum Nemertea, commonly known as “Ribbon Worms” or “Proboscis Worms,” are small and mostly slim with a venomous proboscis that everts just above to mouth to capture prey.

There are about 1,300 known species of nermertean. Most nemerteans are carnivores, feeding on annelids, clams, and crustaceans. Some species are scarvengers. Some species are filter feeders that utilize a sucker at the front and back ends of their bodies to attach to a host. Most nemerteans detect the world through the use of chemoreceptors, but some species have simple eyes that allow them to distinguish light from dark. They move slowly, using cilia to walk on a trail of slime. Some larger species can “slither.” Many are brightly colored and patterned. Most nemerteans are marine, living in either the open ocean or on the sea floor, but some species are freshwater, and some are even terrestrial.

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Previously, nemerteans were split into two groups by whether they had a “little dagger” on their proboscis or not. (This classification no longer applies as one of the “unarmed” orders was closer related to the “armed” group than the rest of the “unarmed” group. It’s still fun to imagine worms with little daggers tho.)

The Bootlace Worm (Lineus longissimus) (seen in the first image) is one of the longest known animals, with specimens up to 55 m (180 ft) long being reported. This is longer than the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, the sauropod dinosaurs Argentinosaurus and Patagotitan, and the record-holding longest Blue Whale. Like other nemerteans, the Bootlace Worm can also stretch up to 10 times its resting length. They’re not considered the largest animals though, because they’re only 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) wide!

As a defense against predators, the Bootlace Worm produces a toxic mucus which contains a strong neurotoxin and smells faintly of “iron or sewage.” The mucus has been shown to kill arthropods, and is being studied for its use as a natural pesticide.

Some larger species can regenerate, breaking into pieces when disturbed, after which the fragments can grow into full individuals!

Some nemerteans have a branched proboscis that comes out as a “mass of sticky spaghetti” that can then be used to pull prey into its mouth. If you love horror movies, this is the animal for you! I’m not easily grossed out, but I genuinely can’t stomach this video, so viewer discretion is advised! (Thankfully, this one didn’t have a “little dagger.”

[voiider]

I think Tim should pull the same shit on Damian that my sister did to me and try to convince him that albatross are extinct

It doesn't matter what Damien says to try and dispute it, what research he does or facts he brings to the table. Tim pulls the "But have you ever seen one? Like in person?

[viktorpartner]

⚠️ WARNING TO ALL MY MUTUALS ⚠️

i’m currently in the process of rewatching House MD so proceed to my blog at your own peril

[themjattirattener]

This was rushed as fuck but for what it is, it’s pretty alright in my opinion

[maraschinotopped]

stumbling into the tumblr blog covered in blood. hey guys i think pendog creative library is pretty cool. you should check it out.

[spyres-moved]

the google translated version of bidoof's wish has had me in tears multiple times

[orphyd]

As woo woo as I can be...I will never be a crunchy-holistic bitch when it comes to medicine because why is my coworker trying to tell me I need to regularly clean yourself out for parasites???

[serpentface]

The vampire worm

(An unusual but relatively benign parasite that breeds in rats becomes a nightmare if it matures in a person instead)

The vampire worm is primarily a typical intestinal parasite, spending the majority of its life cycle inside the digestive system of large mammalian hosts, feeding on blood. They will eventually be shed in feces and find their way into water, at which point they may be swallowed by a new (typically rodent) host and begin their reproductive phase. 

The reproductive worm colonizes the host's mouth and inflames parts of the brain (via a commensal bacterial infection), causing both unusual aggressive behavior and tameness towards larger animals. The host will be inclined towards biting large mammals (frequently cattle, humans, etc), so its worm tongue can feed on blood and lay eggs in the wound without killing  or maiming the host. The eggs form cysts in the skin, eventually hatching into larvae that move to the digestive system and begin the cycle anew. After laying its eggs, the worm will die, leaving its host relatively intact (though with some damage to the tongue and brain).

The vampire worm specializes in rodents for its reproductive phase, but is occasionally capable of developing in other members of the supraprimate clade and will grow proportionately to the host. Erratic infections occur most commonly in rabbits but can occur in primates, including humans and elowey.

This is very rare (to the point of being seen as a myth), as the worm in such a host usually fails to reproduce. It almost exclusively occurs in unusually crowded and unsanitary conditions where humans or elowey live in close quarters with rats, lack clean drinking water, and do not drink beer or boil water instead.

The reason they fail to reproduce in humans/elowey is that bites are much deadlier, with victims tending to be of comparable size to the 'vampire' (rather than say, a rat biting a cow). An infected human is liable to simply chew and tear away the flesh of another human. The victim is liable to die from the physical trauma or a resulting bacterial infection, and the worm's eggs will die with them.

Sapient hosts maintain awareness of what they are doing, though typically through a feverish sense of confusion. They do not experience the worm's influence to bite as being controlled by an exterior force, but rather as a strong impulse that seemed reasonable at the time, only realizing the horror of their actions when it's too late.

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

for that ask game yr still literally always gonna be the ghostbur guy of all time... nothing can change this... which. i mean. sad blue and green ghost boy a vs sad blue and green ghost boy b vs sad blue and green ghost boy c. theyre all the same picture <33 also i still haven't rewatched annihilation but for a slightly deeper cut yr the guy who turned into a mutilated lichen and fungal colony corpse at the bottom of the pool 2 me <3

OH FUCK YES. I ACCEPT THE GHOSTBOY ALLEGATIONS WHOLEHEARTEDLY BUT IM ZOOMING IN ON THAT SECOND THING. YOU MEAN MY FAVORITE VISUAL IN ALL OF MEDIA HISTORY, ANNIHILATION POOL SCENE BODY?????? FUCK YES DUDE!!!!!!!!!! HELL YES !!!!!!!! THIS IS ME THIS IS WHAT I LOOK LIKE

YEAAAAAAAAAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! this isnt a competition but you win just for that i think. hell yes.

[dw-flagler]

gross thought but like what do you think would happen if taylor got a parasite. like a tapeworm. one of the ones that hatches in the human body. cause her power doesn't detect larvae or eggs i don't think so she wouldn't know about it if she drank dirty water or something.

again gross thought but i'm thinking about her like detecting through her power a tapeworm hatching in her own stomach. or intestines. wherever tapeworms live. what would you do about having a tapeworm in your stomach and knowing about it from the moment it hatches from its egg. like do you let it die? cause she controls it so she can just make it so it doesn't eat any food and it starves to death. does that make it worse does that kill you

[deus-ex-mona]

s. s ave me, meoto…

[toerrishumansodontbeone]

Sharing with the masses, Worm Mug & Worm Creamer

[unnonexistence]

they need to invent a way for my immune system to give me status reports