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Your Body Is A Wonderland... For Disgusting Parasites
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I thought I'd include this article about blood flukes for no reason other than that it's disgusting and creepy and entertaining. They're parasitic flatworms that can live inside your body for decades, and they get in there in a particularly gross way: they hatch in feces-contaminated water, then get into you on a snail host that burrows through your skin. They last for years by regenerating body parts. And then they mate and reproduce, and they can embed themselves in your organs and cause serious inflammation and tissue damage. THIS CAN BE GOING ON INSIDE YOU RIGHT NOW. Don't you feel them crawling around? Okay, my work is done now. (LiveScience)
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