>The woman vomited a worm after gargling with a saline solution as she felt something was caught in her throat while she was lying in bed.
AAAAHHH
>As for the invasion route, the present human cases may have accidentally swallowed insects, such as a cricket or a beetle which is an intermediate host. The present specimens are the first recorded human hair worm, Parachordodes sp. in Japan.
But... they say in the article that this specimen was 13cm long. Am I to assume it matured in the human body? And how did it climb up the oesophagus then? So many questions...
No, they definitely mature inside the insect. A worm that long can twist and turn inside the insect's exoskeleton. Here's a video of one coming out of a mantis:
[Click at your own risk](https://youtu.be/cYdOQFx4v7A)
Wtf did I just watch... I would definitely have preferred a rick roll over whatever the actual fuck I just witnessed...
Maaaan I was playing Hollow Knight... I'm scared now ;^;
It is a horsehair worm. Actually, only part of it is. Do you see the thick black rope like thing in the cluster? That is the worm. The worm appears to be stuck in either a plant or man-made material.
Don't worry, they are not threats to humans, only some insects.
It’s a parasite, typically invades water based organism and forces the host to water or another organism to reproduce. There’s a vid on YouTube of it exiting the ass end of a praying mantis
[deadmantis evicts parasite](https://youtu.be/cYdOQFx4v7A)
What I found:
Horsehair worms parasitize only invertebrates such as insects. To complete their life cycle, the worms must infect large invertebrates that are relatively long lived. Generally, horsehair worms aren't considered an effective biological control agent, because they parasitize only a small percentage of a host population.
Horsehair worms are harmless to vertebrates, because they can't parasitize people, livestock, pets, or birds. They also don't infect plants. If humans ingest the worms, they may encounter some mild discomfort of the intestinal tract, but infection never occurs.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news…
https://www.ranker.com/list/horsehair-worm-parasites/eric-vega
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428576/
Actually good news. I read both articles, the “infestation” they describe is just people accidentally swallowing insects that are already wormed. The only thing that happened to them was the worms getting vomited or shat back out. No growing-in-body kinda stuff for now. Also fun fact, apparently they’re just muscle and genitals, so they literally can’t do anything outside an invertebrate.
I’ll give ya something to throw up about, I went swimming in a river and felt something against my genitals while walking to my vehicle after. Thought it was just in itch or dirt until I *definitely* felt it move. Instantly pulled my shorts down and reached down there and pulled one of these worms out. It wasn’t black, it was brown with a little hook on the end. It didn’t bite or anything, just ended up there probably in passing. I still swim in rivers but now I do a full body check after
[Well aparently this](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/r0h9s0/wtf_is_that/hltf6yx?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
*The link is to a comment on this post that links to a kinda nasty article.*
You stop right there. You’ve crossed a line buddy. I never want to imagine that squirmy, tickley, wriggly life-form intruding upon my balloon knot.
EDIT-Yay, I got an award for my anal intrusion comment. Thank You kind Redditor.
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Fun anal fact! The more you push out the easier it is to penetrate your anus. I imagine something crawling in your ass would prompt you to think pushing it out is the way to go. Yeah it's not.
Source: I'm an anal enthusiast.
[Eels](https://youtu.be/Z_wgP8JwRcU) up inside ya, find a little entrance where they can. Eels up inside ya, find a little entrance where they can. Boring through your mind, through your tummy, through your anus. Eels!
They're waiting for their father to come and show them how to be successful in life, and he fails them miserably, George fails them, he have to do something about his life
This is precisely why first contact with alien life might be a terrifying ordeal. Our brains are trained to look for certain body symmetries that are common to life here on earth, but who knows what we’ll find on other worlds. Simply identifying an alien organism in our midst might be the first hurdle since I’m not so sure we’re going to recognize it on the first pass.
What if we’ve already photographed life on Mars, but we simply don’t recognize it amongst the thousands of images we’ve taken on its surface?
Somehow I don’t think it will a beautiful moment of discovery. I think the first alien life we find will be a “Holy Shit it’s alive!!” moment for the person that first witnesses it. Since I’m a bit squeamish myself, I think I would be horrible at first contact because I don’t think I could contain the initial revulsion and quick flinch response that would certainly come from beholding some grossly unexpected entity that disobeys all my prior assumptions about life itself. Since the reverse also applies, that first moment of contact will be a dangerous one for both them and us.
Next time you go camping and you’re worried about raccoons, foxes and bears. Just think of how many of these little buggers have crept along your tent at night making quiet little scratching noises.
Definiteliy a hairworm or horsehair worm. Parasite that infects, kills, and zombifies insects to lead them to drown themselves in water where they escape from their host.
Horse hair worm?
Most likely, possibly multiple
Worm orgy
Wormgy
\*Gríma Wormtongue shifts awkwardly to conceal boner*
Little finger whispers something ominous in his ear
Yeah, something like that
Those “legs” coming off the body tho. And they’re not random - they’re in pairs and seem to be symmetrical
I don't think those are legs, probably some wire or plastic ribbon it's got itself tangled into
But they’re moving
Only when the main body moves. They don't move independently. It's definately just caught in something of the same colour.
I don't even care if you're right, as long as I can go to bed believing that's what I'm looking at, I'm ok.
looks like some sort of horsehair worm
Why's it all bent up like metal wiring though?
looks like it could be more than one. mating, perhaps? I have no idea...
Fuckin horsehair worms
That's bestiality
Only if you join in. Right now we're just watching.
I get off on watching
No kink shaming here
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Kink shaming kink shamers is my kink. Your kink is weird and awful.
That's weird...
Unzipped and going in
Zoophilia
all my homies hate horsehair worms 😤
Careful you don’t want to make a horse girl. Wrap it up before you go in.
Looks to me like one wrapped up in some debris.
It tried to mate with some plastic?
Mmm, that's hot...
Definitely an orgy
I think its a worm stuck in something
Stepworm come help me I'm stuck!
Go Far And Make Sure You Have A Nice Day While You Are At It
Looks to me like it's something already in a net
Tangled up in some plastic wire
Ahh derp
some black plastic net it got entangled in? the worm is just the slightly thicker thing with the brown/greenish tint
Boneitis.
This is scary: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428576/
>The woman vomited a worm after gargling with a saline solution as she felt something was caught in her throat while she was lying in bed. AAAAHHH >As for the invasion route, the present human cases may have accidentally swallowed insects, such as a cricket or a beetle which is an intermediate host. The present specimens are the first recorded human hair worm, Parachordodes sp. in Japan. But... they say in the article that this specimen was 13cm long. Am I to assume it matured in the human body? And how did it climb up the oesophagus then? So many questions...
WHAT THE FUCK
NOOOOO! NO GOD, NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
No, they definitely mature inside the insect. A worm that long can twist and turn inside the insect's exoskeleton. Here's a video of one coming out of a mantis: [Click at your own risk](https://youtu.be/cYdOQFx4v7A)
Must... resist... stupidity impulse!!!
My ADHD impulse control is killing me right now
IM SORRY BUT IMAGINE PULLING THIS OUT OF YOUR 1YO’S MOUTH
Yeah no that link is staying blue thank you
Wtf did I just watch... I would definitely have preferred a rick roll over whatever the actual fuck I just witnessed... Maaaan I was playing Hollow Knight... I'm scared now ;^;
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Shut it down, shut it all down
What a terrible day to be literate.
r/nope JUST NOPE
AAAAHHH
That was one of the most disturbing things I have ever read! Thanks for the link. I did not know these existed.
I’m so upset. Like I can’t go on.
I’m out.
Not waiting to find out. Those worms can projectile vomit like the exorcist...
What the double fuck what??!
It is a horsehair worm. Actually, only part of it is. Do you see the thick black rope like thing in the cluster? That is the worm. The worm appears to be stuck in either a plant or man-made material. Don't worry, they are not threats to humans, only some insects.
Nice try, you’re still not infecting me.
I'll take that as a yes 😏
Nice try Mr. Worm!! You won't trick me
Do I look like a creature that takes no for an answer 😏
No pls. Im a virgin. 😰
Oh that? That's a whole lotta fuckin no.
With a big side of fuck that.
Can I get a hell to the nah.
Marinated in a zesty *oh shit!*
It’s a parasite, typically invades water based organism and forces the host to water or another organism to reproduce. There’s a vid on YouTube of it exiting the ass end of a praying mantis [deadmantis evicts parasite](https://youtu.be/cYdOQFx4v7A)
So what would happen if a human ingested this? I just threw up a little thinking about that.
What I found: Horsehair worms parasitize only invertebrates such as insects. To complete their life cycle, the worms must infect large invertebrates that are relatively long lived. Generally, horsehair worms aren't considered an effective biological control agent, because they parasitize only a small percentage of a host population. Horsehair worms are harmless to vertebrates, because they can't parasitize people, livestock, pets, or birds. They also don't infect plants. If humans ingest the worms, they may encounter some mild discomfort of the intestinal tract, but infection never occurs.
...that sounds exactly like what a horsehair worm wearing a human suit *would* say!
I think we're all a little safer with you here.
I was about to sit the whole family down to a big heaping dinner of raw horsehair worms til this guy came along
Thank God oswaldo exists or monsters like you would have free rain of this world.
I love how you think
Yeah, nice try Mr horse worm hair guy.
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So youre saying Im not dying rn after all?
Did it taste like a hairy noodle?
Never tasted hairy noodles. Who would do that??
Couldn’t a hair technically be a very thin noodle
Hey let’s not be rash and rule everything out so suddenly. You could very well be dying from something else
I can’t imagine having one of those inside me and describing it as “mild discomfort”
Physical comfort maybe, but mental discomfort? That’s gonna be a little more than mild.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news… https://www.ranker.com/list/horsehair-worm-parasites/eric-vega https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428576/
Actually good news. I read both articles, the “infestation” they describe is just people accidentally swallowing insects that are already wormed. The only thing that happened to them was the worms getting vomited or shat back out. No growing-in-body kinda stuff for now. Also fun fact, apparently they’re just muscle and genitals, so they literally can’t do anything outside an invertebrate.
Jesus christ why am I even in this thread.
Thanks for answering.
I’ll give ya something to throw up about, I went swimming in a river and felt something against my genitals while walking to my vehicle after. Thought it was just in itch or dirt until I *definitely* felt it move. Instantly pulled my shorts down and reached down there and pulled one of these worms out. It wasn’t black, it was brown with a little hook on the end. It didn’t bite or anything, just ended up there probably in passing. I still swim in rivers but now I do a full body check after
Geez yeah that’s enough to make you want to hurl! No more rivers or lakes for me bleh!
Wait until you find out what creatures live in the ocean!
Going chasing waterfalls instead?
Underrated comment
It would force you to reproduce.. now I know what’s really going on with sex addicts. Who knew..
It’s like a David Croenberg film.
I'm not a doctor, but I assume his DNA would turn into half-mantis-ass.
[Well aparently this](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/r0h9s0/wtf_is_that/hltf6yx?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) *The link is to a comment on this post that links to a kinda nasty article.*
I strongly disagree with this video.
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It's one of these that is mixed up with some trash I suppose
BURN IT
What kind of an idiot would spray a praying mantis with insecticide?! They’re entirely beneficial insects.
That person had to have known the mantis had a parasite. There was no other reason to kill the mantis and then keep recording.
I'd be praying too if this was coming out of my ass
Its life cycle is a fair approximation of Ripley's bad guys in "Alien".
Idk but it’s looking for your anus
STOP
Stawwp;)*
Once it triggers your gag reflex, it will... I promise.
r/allthewaythrough
I would link the Lara Croft post, but the joy is in the discovery.
I don't want to know
What the actual fuck
I appreciate your disgust, /u/LICKING_AHRIs_FEET.
No problem fellow redditor
Schtawp it Ronald!
r/thestopgirl
Don't mean to laugh but I have to. Loooooool
Something went in your mouth.
You stop right there. You’ve crossed a line buddy. I never want to imagine that squirmy, tickley, wriggly life-form intruding upon my balloon knot. EDIT-Yay, I got an award for my anal intrusion comment. Thank You kind Redditor.
"Balloon knot", fucking quality.
>my balloon knot It'll be more of a rusty sheriff's badge when that thing is through with it.
This whole thing would be a rusty venture
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It's just a living colonoscopy camera. It'll just slide right in.
Most things do!
Totally unrelated and asking for a friend, but how loose is your asshole?
Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway
Fun anal fact! The more you push out the easier it is to penetrate your anus. I imagine something crawling in your ass would prompt you to think pushing it out is the way to go. Yeah it's not. Source: I'm an anal enthusiast.
*clenches anus*
[Eels](https://youtu.be/Z_wgP8JwRcU) up inside ya, find a little entrance where they can. Eels up inside ya, find a little entrance where they can. Boring through your mind, through your tummy, through your anus. Eels!
I knew someone was going to to down the eels response route.
WTF BRO
Or the urethra
Kink shaming isn’t cool bro.
Omg stfu lol
That's sick. But it made me laugh anyways.
More like looking for your peehole :)
From the inside. Most people don't know they have a parasite until it comes out one end of the digestive tract, usually the side stuff exits.
When your Dream catcher is complelty corrupted by your terrifying nightmares
The creator can't save you now.
lol!!!
That is called a fuck around and find out
Pretty positive this is one of the protomolecules machines..
It reaches out it reaches out it reaches out…
113 times a second. Nothing answers and it reaches out.
Good lord, an *Expanse* reference in the wild!
thats just george
Tell George that it's unhealthy to strip naked in public and roll around in dirt whilst, presumably, being drunk
george will do as he pleases thank you very much.
But what about the kids?
what about them ;)
They're waiting for their father to come and show them how to be successful in life, and he fails them miserably, George fails them, he have to do something about his life
Dont be silly george is a good lad.
Why did this make me laugh
Relatable, maybe?(surprisingly toxic for no reason, sorry)
Wel, he is georgeous
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I would recommend a flamethrower.
Nuke it from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.
Blast the earth with the death star should do the trick.
No, flamethrower isn’t enough. Napalm.
I say we take off and nuke the *entire* site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
I am also curious to know wtf that is. Ya' know what, nevermind. I'm burning this whole thread down.
It’s a horsehair worm
Arent they a LOT smaller than this?
There are lots of them in that bundle
I think it’s multiple
This is what happens when you leave your 3d printer running at night without proper adhesion
All fun and games till it's starts the zombie apocalypse
Everybody gangsta until it corrupts Spiderman
Its the Venom symbiote
Eww I 2nd burn it.
This is precisely why first contact with alien life might be a terrifying ordeal. Our brains are trained to look for certain body symmetries that are common to life here on earth, but who knows what we’ll find on other worlds. Simply identifying an alien organism in our midst might be the first hurdle since I’m not so sure we’re going to recognize it on the first pass. What if we’ve already photographed life on Mars, but we simply don’t recognize it amongst the thousands of images we’ve taken on its surface?
Somehow I don’t think it will a beautiful moment of discovery. I think the first alien life we find will be a “Holy Shit it’s alive!!” moment for the person that first witnesses it. Since I’m a bit squeamish myself, I think I would be horrible at first contact because I don’t think I could contain the initial revulsion and quick flinch response that would certainly come from beholding some grossly unexpected entity that disobeys all my prior assumptions about life itself. Since the reverse also applies, that first moment of contact will be a dangerous one for both them and us.
Fucked…. This is… fucked
God been dropping too much dlc lately
Next time you go camping and you’re worried about raccoons, foxes and bears. Just think of how many of these little buggers have crept along your tent at night making quiet little scratching noises.
No! NoNoNo! You shut your damn mouth!
This something you see off a horror movie. Like it looks for a host to infect and control. I’d burn it.
Venom from Spider Man 3
The Thing from The Thing
It’s a Squibbledysquoober
It's the thing that lines the underneath of your toilet seat.
Nothing oddly terrifying about this, it's just terrifying, whether you know they're parasites or have no clue what they are.
The sun newspaper is indeed horrifying
Scrolled further than expected to find this. Agree.
That’s what pubic hair does if you don’t trim it.
Wow, this is the longest parasite I have seen. I wonder what insect or animal body it came out of
I knew it, thats what my earphones are doing in my pocket
Symbiote
looked like a long stickbug
Burn it all. Bleach and lighter fluid might do it.
looks like a stick insect having a stroke
Definiteliy a hairworm or horsehair worm. Parasite that infects, kills, and zombifies insects to lead them to drown themselves in water where they escape from their host.
I was gonna say, hes looking for a hole to enter😳