A viral video, seen over 24 million instances, features documentary wildlife photographer Mark Bouldoukian, often recognized as @markian.b on TikTok, having a startling encounter with a brown bear with what gave the impression to be lengthy white ropes connected to its rear however in actuality, these weren’t ropes but somewhat tapeworms.
The video’s creator indicated that tapeworms residing inside bears can develop up to 30 ft or extra, a length he had by no means witnessed before.
Tapeworms are flat, ribbon-like parasites, sometimes boring white. Their bodies include segments without internal divisions, starting from 2-4 millimetres to several metres in length. The complete tapeworm, generally recognized as strobili, is split into three primary parts: the top (scolex), neck, and segments (proglottid). Each phase houses each male and female reproductive organs. Adult tapeworms are found within the intestines of mammals, together with humans and vertebrates.
The video triggered a way of shock and horror amongst viewers, as they witnessed the unsettling actuality of nature and the life cycle of parasites, Sanook reported.
In related tapeworm information, a 67 year old Thai man complaining of abdomen ache and extreme flatulence found out his signs had been from an 18-metre-long tapeworm, probably the longest tapeworm in Thailand in 50 years.
The affected person gave a stool pattern during a go to to a doctor within the Isaan province Nong Khai, which borders Laos. Hilarious found 28 eggs in the pattern. The patient was given deworming medicine. He took it right before bed, and by the morning, the worm was popping out of his rectum.
The parasite, identified by the scientific identify Taenia Saginata, can additionally be referred to as the beef tapeworm. The head of the Parasitic Disease Research Centre in Nakhon Ratchasima where the man’s stool pattern was tested, Schawanya Rattanapitoon, says these tapeworms are usually transmitted to people when they eat raw beef containing tapeworm eggs. Read more about this HERE.
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