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Ahh, the beloved parasitic gut worm, bane to dogs and humans. We humans have done the world the service of eradicating much of the globe of this parasite, at least among human populations. But there is one population that still suffers from this worm: Vietnam, where 2 in 3 school children are thus affl...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Disgusting but Healing Maggot Juice If there is a more disgusting sight than a pile of maggots, I havent seen it. With that aside, researchers believe they have discovered what makes maggots effective healers of wounds like ulcers and burn...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

I know every creature has its place in the ecosystem, even giant water bugs and mites. But water bugs bite me, and no ecosystem should have something like that. It doesn't help that this picture was taken less than an hour from my home. So I'm rooting for the mites clinging to the back of this water bug. I'...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Admit it. You want to pet it. How can you not, with that velvety coat? The red velvet mite spends its larval stage as a parasite on arthropods. As nymphs and adults they descend to the forest floor to become hunters. But don't try to eat one yourself: they have no natural predators (even ants won't touch t...

Jollyjo · Jollyjo

As sea temperatures have risen in recent decades, enormous sheets of a mucus-like material have begun forming more often, oozing into new regions, and lasting longer, a new Mediterranean. And the blobs may be more than just unpleasant. Nat Geo

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SAO PAULO (AFP) - It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered. ADVERTISEMENT &lt;a href="http://ca.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15nb...

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Transposons are mobile genetic elements found in the hereditary material of humans and other organisms. They can replicate and the new copies can insert at novel sites in the genome. Because this threatens the whole organism, molecular mechanisms have evolved which can repress transposon activ...

Ranade · Ranade

Some people in the olden days used to take tapeworm eggs or larvae so they can lose weight because the tape worm eats most of the food that goes in your body. Plus they can grow to about 7 ft i think nope its 30 yea 30ft and can kill you =| Tapeworm inf...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventuall...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

I don't post enough on plants, so I thought I'd bring you a parasitic one. Say hello to Balanophora fungosa, a parasite that feeds on tree roots. But at least this plant tries to give back to the world by sprouting blossoms. Each flower stalk bears thousands of female flowers (which resemble grains of d...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Bandages and ointments infused with essence of maggot may soon be coming to a drugstore near you. Battlefield medics hundreds of years ago were the first to notice that bloody wounds infested with maggots actually heal faster than "clean" wounds. Today hospitals around the world breed...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Long considered a source of odor and embarrassment, the humble armpit may be coming up in the world. On the microbial level, a person's underarms are akin to lush rain forests brimming with diversityand that's a good thingaccording to a new "topographic map" of human skin. Most of our ski...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Look at slideshow from WebMD for more pictures. Want to see what some of the most commonly encountered bugs and their bites look like? Then peruse the gallery. You'll feel itchy, be jumpy, and be more educated once you've done so. You're looking at a trio of deer ticks. These parasites are diminutive (...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Human skin hosts a huge, diverse population of bacteria that changes based on local skin conditions such as dry, moist and oily. Such findings come out of the Human Microbiome Project, which involves researchers working to genetically identify the vast swarm of microbes living in and on the human b...

konvict01 · konvict01

Many bugs give us reason for pause, including poisonous spiders, chiggers, bees and lice. But few get under our skin quite literally like the tick. If you enjoy the outdoors, be careful of ticks they can attach as you brush past grass and plants. Ticks don't always carry diseases, and most bites are no...

Ranade · Ranade

Oestridae (commonly called bot flies or botflies) is a family of Oestroidea. It is one of several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals. There are approximately 150 known species worldwide. Only one bot fly species attacks humans, Dermatobia hominis....

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

This poor fish has an infestation of sea lice, and he doesn't look to be doing well. Many dozens of species of fish in the cold waters off Norway's coast are infected with them, and many experts are concerned about how the infestation will spread from wild populations to farmed stock. If I were to look on...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

What's this? Good news? Yes. It turns out that thanks to a variety of eradication efforts, time, materials, and education, Guinea worm infections are at an all-time low (assuming President Carter can be believed...) This parasitic worm is being drawn out of a child's foot by a clinic worker in Savel...

Jollyjo · Jollyjo

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WARNING: This post is not for the faint of heart. If you're pregnant, post-partum, intestinal-fortitude-challenged, or just plain ol' squeamish, you may want to bypass this post and head straight for the baboons and birds below. Now that you've been warned, let's hop aboard the Parasite Express a...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Source Parasitic Castration Jade, one of our resident arachnophiles, forwarded this lovely set of photos. You're looking at what happens when a Mermithid (almost a pretty word) worm (not a pretty word) reaches maturity. Here's a quote from the post on What's That Bug: Mermithid worms are internal...

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Death by Horsehair Worm What you're looking at below is a handful of adult horsehair worms. You'll see that they vary quite a bit in length and color, but all have the appearance of wriggling, coarse hairs or wire. But it's not the adults that are so fascinating. It's their life cycle before reaching ma...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Cymothoa Exigua has the dubious distinction of being one of the only parasites on the planet that actually replaces one of the host animal's organs. Read On>>>> -- Edited by Jollyjo at 01:32, 2008-11-03

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Velvet Mite The velvet mite makes its home in the leaves of woodland floors. They are the bane of all arthropods with whom they come in contact. They don't dine on us vertebrates. Rather, they feast of gnats, grasshoppers, other mites, etc (a tasty spread indeed). In case you were wondering, they ar...

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Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Monsters Inside Me- Pork Tapeworm tape worm cysts brain (Preview)	Dj Quiva	0	4063	Mar 1, 2010 by Dj Quiva
	Hello Parasites, Goodbye Allergies? (Preview) Ahh, the beloved parasitic gut worm, bane to dogs and humans. We humans have done the world the service of eradicating much of the globe of this parasite, at least among human populations. But there is one population that still suffers from this worm: Vietnam, where 2 in 3 school children are thus affl...	Dj Quiva	1	2761	Feb 19, 2010 by Shem
	Disgusting but Healing Maggot Juice Maggot (Preview) Disgusting but Healing Maggot Juice If there is a more disgusting sight than a pile of maggots, I havent seen it. With that aside, researchers believe they have discovered what makes maggots effective healers of wounds like ulcers and burn...	Dj Quiva	1	2479	Feb 19, 2010 by Shem
	Mites on Waterbug - Rooting for the Mites Parasite Insect Species (Preview) I know every creature has its place in the ecosystem, even giant water bugs and mites. But water bugs bite me, and no ecosystem should have something like that. It doesn't help that this picture was taken less than an hour from my home. So I'm rooting for the mites clinging to the back of this water bug. I'...	Dj Quiva	1	2333	Dec 28, 2009 by Shem
	Velvet Predator Mite (Preview) Admit it. You want to pet it. How can you not, with that velvety coat? The red velvet mite spends its larval stage as a parasite on arthropods. As nymphs and adults they descend to the forest floor to become hunters. But don't try to eat one yourself: they have no natural predators (even ants won't touch t...	Dj Quiva	2	2306	Dec 28, 2009 by Shem
	Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger (Preview) As sea temperatures have risen in recent decades, enormous sheets of a mucus-like material have begun forming more often, oozing into new regions, and lasting longer, a new Mediterranean. And the blobs may be more than just unpleasant. Nat Geo	Jollyjo	0	2391	Oct 15, 2009 by Jollyjo
	Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists (Preview) SAO PAULO (AFP) - It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered. ADVERTISEMENT &lt;a href="http://ca.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15nb...	Dj Quiva	1	4386	Sep 3, 2009 by Jollyjo
	Parasites Ready To Jump: Even DNA Is Subject To Attack By Parasites Parasites Humans DNA (Preview) Transposons are mobile genetic elements found in the hereditary material of humans and other organisms. They can replicate and the new copies can insert at novel sites in the genome. Because this threatens the whole organism, molecular mechanisms have evolved which can repress transposon activ...	Dj Quiva	0	2369	Aug 30, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Tapeworms (Preview) Some people in the olden days used to take tapeworm eggs or larvae so they can lose weight because the tape worm eats most of the food that goes in your body. Plus they can grow to about 7 ft i think nope its 30 yea 30ft and can kill you =\| Tapeworm inf...	Ranade	2	2617	Jul 2, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	A parasitic crustacean - A Real Tongue Snatcher parasite fish (Preview) The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventuall...	Dj Quiva	0	2541	Jul 2, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Balanophora fungosa (Preview) I don't post enough on plants, so I thought I'd bring you a parasitic one. Say hello to Balanophora fungosa, a parasite that feeds on tree roots. But at least this plant tries to give back to the world by sprouting blossoms. Each flower stalk bears thousands of female flowers (which resemble grains of d...	Dj Quiva	1	2411	Jun 17, 2009 by Shem
	"Essence of Maggot" Ointment to Heal Wounds Faster? (Preview) Bandages and ointments infused with essence of maggot may soon be coming to a drugstore near you. Battlefield medics hundreds of years ago were the first to notice that bloody wounds infested with maggots actually heal faster than "clean" wounds. Today hospitals around the world breed...	Dj Quiva	1	2680	Jun 9, 2009 by Shem
	Photo: Armpits Are "Rain Forests" for Bacteria, Skin Map Shows (Preview) Long considered a source of odor and embarrassment, the humble armpit may be coming up in the world. On the microbial level, a person's underarms are akin to lush rain forests brimming with diversityand that's a good thingaccording to a new "topographic map" of human skin. Most of our ski...	Dj Quiva	1	2446	Jun 9, 2009 by Shem
	deer ticks (Preview) Look at slideshow from WebMD for more pictures. Want to see what some of the most commonly encountered bugs and their bites look like? Then peruse the gallery. You'll feel itchy, be jumpy, and be more educated once you've done so. You're looking at a trio of deer ticks. These parasites are diminutive (...	Dj Quiva	2	8942	May 29, 2009 by Ranade
	Rich Streams of Bacterial Life Found on Skin (Preview) Human skin hosts a huge, diverse population of bacteria that changes based on local skin conditions such as dry, moist and oily. Such findings come out of the Human Microbiome Project, which involves researchers working to genetically identify the vast swarm of microbes living in and on the human b...	Dj Quiva	2	2150	May 29, 2009 by Shem
	Black-legged, or deer ticks, can transmit Lyme disease to humans. (Preview) Many bugs give us reason for pause, including poisonous spiders, chiggers, bees and lice. But few get under our skin quite literally like the tick. If you enjoy the outdoors, be careful of ticks they can attach as you brush past grass and plants. Ticks don't always carry diseases, and most bites are no...	konvict01	2	3213	May 22, 2009 by Shem
	Botfly Larvae (not for the faint hearted) (Preview) Oestridae (commonly called bot flies or botflies) is a family of Oestroidea. It is one of several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals. There are approximately 150 known species worldwide. Only one bot fly species attacks humans, Dermatobia hominis....	Ranade	2	2636	May 12, 2009 by Shem
	Is It Just Me Or Do You Feel Itchy Too? (Preview) This poor fish has an infestation of sea lice, and he doesn't look to be doing well. Many dozens of species of fish in the cold waters off Norway's coast are infected with them, and many experts are concerned about how the infestation will spread from wild populations to farmed stock. If I were to look on...	Dj Quiva	0	2236	Mar 25, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Guinea worm (Not for the feint of heart) (Preview) What's this? Good news? Yes. It turns out that thanks to a variety of eradication efforts, time, materials, and education, Guinea worm infections are at an all-time low (assuming President Carter can be believed...) This parasitic worm is being drawn out of a child's foot by a clinic worker in Savel...	Dj Quiva	5	5161	Mar 16, 2009 by Ranade
	A mooose's worst enemy... (Preview)	Jollyjo	2	2299	Mar 15, 2009 by Ranade
	Parasite Express (Preview) WARNING: This post is not for the faint of heart. If you're pregnant, post-partum, intestinal-fortitude-challenged, or just plain ol' squeamish, you may want to bypass this post and head straight for the baboons and birds below. Now that you've been warned, let's hop aboard the Parasite Express a...	Dj Quiva	1	2283	Mar 15, 2009 by Ranade
	Parasitic Castration (Preview) Source Parasitic Castration Jade, one of our resident arachnophiles, forwarded this lovely set of photos. You're looking at what happens when a Mermithid (almost a pretty word) worm (not a pretty word) reaches maturity. Here's a quote from the post on What's That Bug: Mermithid worms are internal...	Dj Quiva	1	2606	Mar 15, 2009 by Ranade
	PARASITES NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART (Preview) <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"T...	Dj Quiva	5	3129	Mar 15, 2009 by Ranade
	Zombie snails (Preview)	Dj Quiva	2	1904	Nov 26, 2008 by Shem
	Horsehair Worm (Preview) Death by Horsehair Worm What you're looking at below is a handful of adult horsehair worms. You'll see that they vary quite a bit in length and color, but all have the appearance of wriggling, coarse hairs or wire. But it's not the adults that are so fascinating. It's their life cycle before reaching ma...	Dj Quiva	1	1989	Nov 26, 2008 by Shem
	Sea Louse (Preview) Cymothoa Exigua has the dubious distinction of being one of the only parasites on the planet that actually replaces one of the host animal's organs. Read On>>>> -- Edited by Jollyjo at 01:32, 2008-11-03	Dj Quiva	0	1782	Nov 1, 2008 by Dj Quiva
	Velvet Mite (Preview) Velvet Mite The velvet mite makes its home in the leaves of woodland floors. They are the bane of all arthropods with whom they come in contact. They don't dine on us vertebrates. Rather, they feast of gnats, grasshoppers, other mites, etc (a tasty spread indeed). In case you were wondering, they ar...	Dj Quiva	0	8928	Aug 17, 2008 by Dj Quiva
	Parasitic Mind Control (Preview)	Dj Quiva	0	2366	Jul 27, 2008 by Dj Quiva
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