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13 of Nature’s Most Disgusting Parasites..(No libs in article).
Webecoist ^
| Nov 2009
| Steph
Posted on 11/11/2009 6:20:29 PM PST by GSP.FAN
They eat human brains and eyeballs, turn snails into pulsating zombies, grow up to 25 feet long in people’s intestines and eat the tongues of fish. Symbiotic relationships may be common in nature, but that doesn’t mean that all parasites are beneficial – many are downright horrifying
TOPICS: Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: parasites
Tongue-Eating Cymothoa exigua
Candiru, the Urethra-Invading Fish 
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:20:30 PM PST
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GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:24:36 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: GSP.FAN
There’s some pretty wicked stuff at the article.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:35:43 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(My 15 seconds of fame are on my profile.)
To: GSP.FAN
These guys are my favorite. You may think you're looking at him under the scope, but he be watchin' YOU!
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:46:13 PM PST
by
Habibi
To: GSP.FAN
There, that's better. Giardia is cool.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:51:49 PM PST
by
Habibi
To: GSP.FAN
There’s some intriguing, but gross, stuff there. Interesting article.
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posted on
11/11/2009 7:14:45 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(I love it every time a criminal dies at the hands of a victim.)
To: ConservativeMind
My thoughts exactly
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posted on
11/11/2009 7:25:34 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: ConservativeMind
Yeesh. Here's an antidote:
Claudia Cardinale with parasite.
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posted on
11/11/2009 7:30:18 PM PST
by
FrPR
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