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This is some pretty grim shit.

maeda wrote in wtf_nature Nov 27, 2008 18:52

A rather fascinating page on parasites.

ETA HURRRR, I posted the 1,337th entry!

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If You Want Me, I Shall Be In The Spleen

drhoz wrote in wtf_nature Jan 13, 2008 16:19

Parasitic filarial nematodes, and their larval stages, are responsible for heartworm, filarial elephantiasis,river blindness, loa loa, and Strongyloidiasis. Strongyloides is an unusual one - it infects baboons, chimps & humans, & it's equally happy as a parasite and as a free living nematode ( Read more... )

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