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You’ve heard those worm horror stories, right? Stories of painful stomach cramps or diarrhea or nausea that eventually turns out to be caused by some worms that have taken up residence in someone’s intestines. It’s so terrifying and wild to think of something so much smaller than us causing so much havoc. But, what if worms had to worry about their own guts being taken over by a parasite?
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SOURCES:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/army-of-worm-larvae-hatch-from-mans-bum-visibly-slither-under-his-skin/
https://www.healthline.com/health/worms-in-humans#symptoms-of-infection
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.689987/full
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-020-00469-6
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