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Curiosity Daily Presents: Monsters Inside Me

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John's Aslide - A Parasite That Threatens to Kill You

John figges doctors have identified the parasite that is growing inside his brain and threatening to kill him. In john ran he had something called shisto somisis, and specifically, something called chistsomisis manzone shistasomes live in fresh water lakes in asia, south america and africa. Their eggs are released into the environment by the feces of infected people. Shistasomegs hatch once they come into contact with fresh water. At that they will seek out a snail and penetrate the snail's foot. Inside the snail, they transform into tiny worm larvae. These larvae emerge daily from the snail host. Humans entering the water trigger the movement of larvae toward the

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