Procrastination takes many forms. With me, it takes the form of a dive into the information vortex.
Specifically, a vortex swirling with images of bed bug-infested mattresses, STD outbreaks, Meth Mouth and bad plastic surgery.
This week’s topic is (drumroll, please) Awful Parasites. (Yes, I do love the show “Monsters Inside Me.”) Here are my favorite horrible kinds:
- Human Bot Fly, native to South America and parts of North America
- The Filarial Worm, which completes its entire lifecycle inside its human host
- Candiru, the “toothpick fish” attracted to urea. Guess where you find urea? Bad news for the fellas. The following image shows one just removed from a poor guy’s (ahem) parts.
- The Guinea Worm, contracted by drinking contaminated water in South Asia and Africa
- Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, which, unlike the above, is not a human parasite. This creature attacks fish by going in through the gills, attaching to the tongue, and extracting the blood so that the tongue atrophies. Then the parasite acts as the fish’s tongue. Shudder.
Now I feel all gross and itchy, but I’ve succeeded in wasting plenty of time. Enjoy!
Observe and report 
Save me baby Jesus! Horrifying!
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I know! That’s how I get sucked in!
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At what point do you say “I think there is some sort of horn growing on mt head!”. Really!
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well done. definately gotta reblog this one! last one is ubercreepy. wow. nice. eck — shudders still–
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Reblogged this on unicornivore and commented:
well done. definately gotta reblog this one! last one is ubercreepy. wow. nice. eck — shudders still–
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Please help me. I’ve got an infestation been to doctor after doctor and hospital. Still no answers. I was thinking bot fly but I’ve got them everywhere at first just thought one or two but finding more and i can’t get them to come out from bottom of foot to top to of my head and getting worse i honestly feel like I’m getting eaten alive and I’m dying. I’m 34 year old Female live in New Port Richey Florida mother of 3 boys and work for best dentist in Pasco but I’m feeling like I’m at point of just giving up I’m so tired and scared. Please help me. Thank you for your time
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I am so sorry you are going through this. I wish I could help you. I think your only option is going to see yet another doctor.
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