The List: 5 Weirdest Worms at the Smithsonian
2011年8月10日 · This week’s list features five of the weirdest worms in the collection: 1. Giant Amazon Leech – Haementeria ghilianii, or the giant Amazon leech, can certainly grow to giant proportions. At up to...
The 10 most diabolical and disgusting parasites | Live Science
2011年3月2日 · Parasitic worms cause terrible diseases — could the viruses they carry be to blame? Toothbrushes and showerheads are teeming with viruses unknown to science, study shows Latest
6 Really Weird Worms - Mental Floss
2009年2月10日 · Strange Flatworm. 440xenoturbella.png / A worm called Xenoturbella bocki is the master of minimalism in worms. It has no mouth, stomach, brain, or any internal organs! The only thing this...
10 Disturbingly Weird Parasites - Listverse
2014年5月3日 · Most anchor worms attack the outer skin, which isn’t quite as horrifying, but some specialize in the gills, nostrils, mouth, anus, or even eyeballs of various fish. Some may even live on the outside, but send a bloodsucking tendril all …
These Two Newly Described Worms Have Really Strange, Yet …
2019年6月21日 · Dan Distel. It’s a conundrum anyone who comes across a tangle of slimy worms on the sidewalk after a rainstorm might ponder: Which side is the tail and which side is the head? The question seems...
5 Rare Parasites Found in the Human Body | HowStuffWorks
There are a few types of parasites that cause disease in humans. Some make a home inside you, such as trichinella spiralis, the roundworm normally contracted from eating raw or undercooked pork that causes trichinosis infections. Others are exterior pests, such as a flea sucking your blood.
10 deadly parasites - BBC Science Focus Magazine
10 deadly parasites. They’ll drink your blood, worm their way into your body and take over your mind. Nell Barrie meets nature’s weirdest, and most disgusting, freeloaders. Published: May 22, 2019 at 4:00 am. The eye-inflating flatworm -Leucochloridium paradoxum.
Meet the hammerhead worm: The invasive species coming to a …
2023年8月4日 · The latest invasive creature appearing in backyards across the United States is a strange-looking worm. One that can reproduce by splitting itself in two and secretes the same toxin found in ...
This Eight-Day Festival Celebrates One of Alaska’s Weirdest Worms
2024年2月1日 · Welcome to the Cordova Ice Worm Festival, a quirky local tradition honoring the mysterious creatures that live in glacial ice. Corey Buhay. February 1, 2024. Ice worms spend most of the day...
Zombie Worms Crave Bone - Smithsonian Ocean
Zombie worms don’t crave brains: instead they seek bones. The 1 to 3 inch (2 to 7 centimeter) Osedax worms were first discovered living in the bones of a rotting gray whale on the deep sea floor, nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) deep, in 2002.