How eating undercooked pork could leave your body and brain riddled with tapeworm larvae
Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where ...
Flying squatters: How to legally remove barn swallows before your property becomes their bathroom
Barn swallows are migrating back to Central Texas, and while they provide an ecological service by eating insects, their mud ...
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Did You Know: This Gigantic Red Leech Exists Only On Mount Kinabalu But Doesn't Suck Blood
Instead of feeding on blood, it hunts down and devours worms, particularly the Kinabalu Giant Earthworm ( Pheretima darnleiensis ), which can grow up to 70cm (2.3 feet) long! As its name suggests, the ...
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The Regenerative Power of Worms
Flatworms and earthworms can regrow large parts of their body. Roundworms may hold the secret to counteracting neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and muscular dystrophy.