Curiosity Daily Presents: Monsters Inside Me
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How to Catch a Raccoon in a Forest
80% of raccoons in north america are infested with balis ascarus. Parasite is so deadly that there really wasn't much hope. Finding the animal could shed light on how outbreaks occur. The adult worm lays its eggs in the raccoon's gut. In the coon species, the eggs are eaten by a second, or intermediate host,. hatch into larvae in the intermediate host's stomach and kill it. It never feels a thing. A fatal infection in humans is rare.
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