I often joke about my 14 year old having a tapeworm, and I also joke that I need a tapeworm, but the reality is eww-nasty. The picture here is of a nearly 30 foot long tapeworm removed from a human. I am so grossed out by this it’s not even funny.
However, it’s intriguing, too. I must go to this parasite museum, so I can see it in person!
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When I was a kid I was told that the only way to get a tapeworm out is to sit there with your mouth open and a sugar cube on your tongue, and the worm will smell it and climb up through your bowels to get the sugar, and then a doctor would pull it out.
I think that might the sickest kind of urban legend ever told. At least it is if it's not true. If it IS true, I will never eat meat again.
Posted by: jag | April 30th, 2008 2:51 pm |
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