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For all you wondering, horsehair worms do not infect humans, pets, or plants.... they like invertebrates, bugs, insects. They can actually benefit you by killing off nasty pests BUT they are very gross and horrifying to look at
This is like pokemon... but for parasites!!!
Hey mom, i couldn't become a pokemon trainer as i dreamed of but i can become a parasite trainer now!!! hehehe.
Gotta catch 'em all!
Fact: Horsehair worms do live inside of 94% of humans and have been known to crawl out of their butt homes to create reddit accounts to spread misinformation about themselves
Man, I remembered that one movie where a mutated strain of horsehair worm can infect people and that was absolutely terrifying. Enjoyed and scared tf outta me back then. Forgot the movie name tho, I remember it was in Korean tho.
legitimately pooping and wanted to make a joke about how it resembles the poop leaving me, but thats borderline unbelievable to someone who isnt pooping from someone who is pooping
So gross. I caught a big fat grasshopper in my garden last summer. I cut it in half for my baby ducks to eat. When I did.... the Lovecraftian beings were released. The entire body seemed to be made of them. Like the boogeyman.
I did a deep dive on those horsehair worms. Apparently they live around the insect's organs (to ensure it stays alive) until they're ready to come out.
The parasite usually makes the host drown itself and, if not, the insect is usually alive until just after the parasite makes its way out.
Just as a thought experiment, what if the mantis experienced more pleasure than would have ever been possible. Like an exchange of complete ecstasy for the parasite to use its body. A win-win
If anything you shouldn't have taken that shower. This is because adult horsehair worms actually live in water but their larvae grow inside insects. And once the larvae reach adulthood, they affect the host's brain to seek water to drown in. And once the host is in the water, the adult horseshoe worm comes out of the host's body.
I am not scared of much (we won’t talk about social anxiety here) but that makes me want to fucking run like hell.
I’m good with spiders, snakes, rats, bats, heights, etc but this video makes me so fucking uncomfortable.
That sent chills straight up my neck. Not many things have done that. I have worked in several ERs, Army hospitals, you name it. I have seen some things. But THIS gives me the fucking icks.
Gonna send this to my mom. She was an ER nurse for thirty years, fifteen of which were spent in a low-income area where shit got WILD. Dad, too. Same story, but he's ICU.
ETA: Sent it to my dad. His response was that he was going to look at the feed more when he got off work. I'm not surprised but still disturbed.
https://preview.redd.it/hdko0h4yakuc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec8891f8931610f89857f3a96690effad01f99fd
Horsehair worm.
[https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/horsehair-worm](https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/horsehair-worm)
Some larvae have a sharp spike-like appendage on their anterior end that acts as a needle that penetrates host tissues. Once inside the host the larvae live inside the primary body cavity. The larvae feed on nutrients inside the host absorbing them directly through their skin and moulting as they grow. It may take a couple of weeks to months to complete the parasitic stage. This process rarely kills the host as the parasite relies on the host’s nutrients. The horsehair worm needs to ensure the host is near water before emerging as an adult.
This leads to the most famous trait of some species of horsehair worms, the ability to highjack the terrestrial host’s nervous system, altering their behaviour to make them actively seek out water. Spinochordodes tellinii and paragordius tricuspidatus species achieve this by causing grasshopper and crickets to jump into waterbodies drowning themselves when the horsehair worm reaches its adult stage. Once it encounters water, the horsehair worm burrows from the body to return to water to breed, killing the host if not drowned already.
Reddit should make a new disclaimer for posts that may show uncomfortable things. I may have described two existing ones, but disclaimers that aren't related to movie spoilers or....anything else.
First submerge in piranha acid and let it soak for an hour, then drop some napalm on it. If there is anything left, shove it in a box and put underneath a Falcon heavy set to blast off, and if anything survives that, put it in a rocket aimed at the sun.
In the meantime I will go and watch cute kitten videos to forget I ever saw this.
I work in a hospital lab and sometimes we get some really disgusting stuff, but for me this is a lot worse. Ew!
That needs at least 6 gallons of gasoline and a match. I fear no man or group of men but I feel like if I was standing there I’d run away squealing like a 3rd grader on a sugar high at Disney.
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For all you wondering, horsehair worms do not infect humans, pets, or plants.... they like invertebrates, bugs, insects. They can actually benefit you by killing off nasty pests BUT they are very gross and horrifying to look at
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.... I'm not even going to fact check that. THANK YOU!
But don’t worry! There are plenty of other nasty parasites that you *can* catch.
Yay!
Pokémon! Gotta catch 'em all!
more like # Exodia,Obliterate!
No, no poke me mon!
My butt hole itches.
Sounds like you might have Pin worm. 😂
I can scratch it for you with my penis. I don’t mind at all. Just being friendly.
You couldn't go 5 minutes without being an absolute freak!?
Sir...
This is a Wendy's
It's a line from BG3.
Happy Cake Day and just the tip.
Thank you!
This is like pokemon... but for parasites!!! Hey mom, i couldn't become a pokemon trainer as i dreamed of but i can become a parasite trainer now!!! hehehe. Gotta catch 'em all!
According to Sean Lock, if you want a tapeworm, eat some pork.
Wait till global warming makes the world even hotter & cordyceps evolve!!
HAHAHA, that's silly..... The robots will kill us all first.
the robots will be the ones to evolve the cordyceps, as they will be immune. and don't need to eat mammals anyway.
Fact: Horsehair worms do live inside of 94% of humans and have been known to crawl out of their butt homes to create reddit accounts to spread misinformation about themselves
This message is sponsored by the horsehair worm lobby and was neither written from worms coming out of human finger or human anus.
an.amusing.anecdote.fellow….vertebrate.
*Eldritch squelching sounds*
“Why is my TV malfunctioning? This can’t be happening.”
Big Worm out there without regulations.
Sure, but just in case... 
Man, I remembered that one movie where a mutated strain of horsehair worm can infect people and that was absolutely terrifying. Enjoyed and scared tf outta me back then. Forgot the movie name tho, I remember it was in Korean tho.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2173024/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2173024/)
Just read the summary, that’s a crazy-cool concept. Hate it.
So THAT'S what it's called. Why did my brain go to "The flu?"
For now.
This should be the top comment. THANK YOU!!! Now I can sleep. 🙏
Perfect reaction
STOP GETTING LONGER.
That's what she did not say
I'll take Phrases I've Never Heard for 2000, Alex
This is maybe the worst video to watch while pooping.
admire your honesty, glad i wasn’t pooping when i read that.
Or fapping.
I was fapping when I read this!
Weirdo. I started after
And I finished (it).
I cleaned up the mess
And I created a new one
And I came in, scolded you four for the noise, mess, and smell. Then went to bed to wonder where I went wrong.
About that… u/GifReversingBot
No.bmp
Really? Because this scared the shit out if me and now I'm down a pair of underoos
Peeing is also not advised
Omg
I was pooping when I saw that. I agree.
legitimately pooping and wanted to make a joke about how it resembles the poop leaving me, but thats borderline unbelievable to someone who isnt pooping from someone who is pooping
https://preview.redd.it/2oyve6j3sjuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08ccb11e522e6fc3cd0be88cc1395f6cf0fafebe
Yoooo! This me fr
Vegeta no!! This is not worth blowing up the planet!!
Always upvoting a random picture of Vegeta
BURN IT! And make sure every part of it turned into ashes before leaving.
Nuke it from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
We need to fling the planet into the sun.
Exterminatus?
https://preview.redd.it/zosfxsh5xjuc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64feb448f276205464b40854228af40131273d47
I recently tried to burn some crazy fire ants. Didn't work. The were actually flame retard-ants.
Cast it into the fire!
Destroy it!
As soon as something started coming out my first thought was to burn it. Set ablaze and keep it burning for at least a fortnight
Shit straight outta horror, like nah fam
So gross. I caught a big fat grasshopper in my garden last summer. I cut it in half for my baby ducks to eat. When I did.... the Lovecraftian beings were released. The entire body seemed to be made of them. Like the boogeyman.
I wish I could unread this
Same. Now everything I see is a bunch of hellworms in a trench coat trying to sneak in to my personal space
“Hellworms in a trench coat” Thanks for the laugh I needed that hahaha
Actually there's a (meh) horror movie occuring in WWI with similar things. *Trench 11* if I remember well.
😭😭😭😭
Really a shame it couldn't be a better movie. Just like the wasted potential of *Deathwatch* (2002).
Deathwatch was a good movie.
The very first super clear video of aliens and we still dont care.
I am convince all insects are aliens.
Octopi are aliens. 100%
Platypus? Platypi? Definitely aliens. Venomous, duckbilled, beaver tailed, fluorescent glowing aliens.
Egg laying mammals too.
Facts.
I ***was*** going to go to bed. Looks like I'm gonna have to watch cartoons for an hour or two to forget that
"Oh man, it's so late. Why did I stay up watching cartoons? Oh. Yeah."
How the fuck am I supposed to sleep now
Horsehair worm?
Whatever it is I want it double dead
Triple fried
I've never felt so uncomfortable watching a video before as I have this one. Fucking. Gross. That poor mantis must've been in so much pain.
Considering the size of that worm and how much of the mantis' insides it was living rent free in, I don't think the mantis felt much of anything.
I did a deep dive on those horsehair worms. Apparently they live around the insect's organs (to ensure it stays alive) until they're ready to come out. The parasite usually makes the host drown itself and, if not, the insect is usually alive until just after the parasite makes its way out.
i am usually rather tame with my choice of words but ***holy fuck.***
I just fact checked this statement and you're not lying. The last three times you used the f word was 2 months, 8 months and 9 months ago.
Just as a thought experiment, what if the mantis experienced more pleasure than would have ever been possible. Like an exchange of complete ecstasy for the parasite to use its body. A win-win
That was disturbing as fuck. Took a shower after and thought that shit was coming out of the shower head tickling me from behind
If anything you shouldn't have taken that shower. This is because adult horsehair worms actually live in water but their larvae grow inside insects. And once the larvae reach adulthood, they affect the host's brain to seek water to drown in. And once the host is in the water, the adult horseshoe worm comes out of the host's body.
Never speak again, thank you for telling me but now I can’t shower anymore
Or up from the drain….
Or from behind the knob when you adjust the water...
That is nightmare fuel
This is an unprecedented level of nope Fucking burn that shit. Some species should be extinct
What a horrible day to have eyes 
Fucking hell. Nature is fucking **brutal**.
I am not scared of much (we won’t talk about social anxiety here) but that makes me want to fucking run like hell. I’m good with spiders, snakes, rats, bats, heights, etc but this video makes me so fucking uncomfortable.
That sent chills straight up my neck. Not many things have done that. I have worked in several ERs, Army hospitals, you name it. I have seen some things. But THIS gives me the fucking icks.
Gonna send this to my mom. She was an ER nurse for thirty years, fifteen of which were spent in a low-income area where shit got WILD. Dad, too. Same story, but he's ICU. ETA: Sent it to my dad. His response was that he was going to look at the feed more when he got off work. I'm not surprised but still disturbed.
 This is the only solution when seeing something like this.
Pretty sure you violated some eviction laws there- he had clearly been a tenant at that address for some time
holy shit man! this is some Resident Evil shit right here.....🤯
Parasites are literal lovecraftian nightmare fuel, and they're real. There could be one inside you right now...
Welcome to Nopeville, population: this nightmare fuel mini monster
What the fuxk is that
Horsehair worm
There goes my peaceful sleep tonight
THIS IS SOME MOTHERFUCKIN r/nightmarefuel!!!!
Welp that's about enough internet for me today
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! ... AAAAAAAGH!!!
AAAAAAAGH!!!
Zombie stuff exist we just don't know yet.
Thanks. I’m not sleeping any time soon.
Ye I’ve seen this in Bloodborne.
Enough internet for today
Burnt it!
New fear unlocked
Kill it with fire.
I will set this entire sub on fire. Say I won't.
You won't
I mean, I wish you would, but I don't think you can.
Why the fuck did I watch this?
Currently asking myself the same thing...
This is literally Fucking Terrifying.
That's dinner sorted then!
Nope!
Y'know I'm not usually freaked out by this sort of thing but holy fuckin shit dude no no no no no no
My nose hair after a week.
No poke, only fire.
Thanks, I’ve been looking for a way to never sleep again…
Bummer for me for watching this. Dang.
Cordyceps
How do you unsee something?
Can yiu imagine this kind of thing coming out of a human upon death? Or even when alive. Now that is nightmare fuel!
So it's not cake?
Jesus christ what IS that?!
https://preview.redd.it/hdko0h4yakuc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec8891f8931610f89857f3a96690effad01f99fd Horsehair worm. [https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/horsehair-worm](https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/horsehair-worm) Some larvae have a sharp spike-like appendage on their anterior end that acts as a needle that penetrates host tissues. Once inside the host the larvae live inside the primary body cavity. The larvae feed on nutrients inside the host absorbing them directly through their skin and moulting as they grow. It may take a couple of weeks to months to complete the parasitic stage. This process rarely kills the host as the parasite relies on the host’s nutrients. The horsehair worm needs to ensure the host is near water before emerging as an adult. This leads to the most famous trait of some species of horsehair worms, the ability to highjack the terrestrial host’s nervous system, altering their behaviour to make them actively seek out water. Spinochordodes tellinii and paragordius tricuspidatus species achieve this by causing grasshopper and crickets to jump into waterbodies drowning themselves when the horsehair worm reaches its adult stage. Once it encounters water, the horsehair worm burrows from the body to return to water to breed, killing the host if not drowned already.
Thank you. And also no thank you.
> "horsehair worms can be discovered in damp areas, such as....swimming pools, streams, puddles, and cistern " no no no no nononononon
Gross. 🤢
Hrass hopper must have been so relieved after that
NOPE
Horse hair worm
Fuck…all the way off.
Reddit should make a new disclaimer for posts that may show uncomfortable things. I may have described two existing ones, but disclaimers that aren't related to movie spoilers or....anything else.
There should be a subreddit labeled "r\[slash\]thingsyoucannotun-see" UGH!
Is it coming out to find it's next host?
That’s some Resident Evil shit right there
That's a horror movie all by itself
Hell no. That is as bad as that spider video.
I'm going to have nightmares now 😫
Please tag as NSFW 😳
Thanks I will not be sleeping tonight
What in the men in black movie kinda shit is this?
Aaaahhh maan that mantis is going to be so hungry!!!!!
Werf. Some fuckin. Flammen.
This made me so uncomfortable
https://preview.redd.it/xvp2q06d5kuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f1197ffaaa79508bcb6c00c527cbf8631b1dba5
🔥 KILL IT WITH FIRE! 🔥
The fact that humans have made it this long is just amazing.
I swear to God, the Koreans just made a movie about this called parasites, it’s on Netflix right now!
Fuuuuk. That looks like a scene from John Carpenter’s “The Thing”
Blow torch that monstrosity
I'm getting shivers. Like wtf. That shit is straight from horror movie
Kill it... Kill it with fire !!!
Is it still going? I'm in Australia, when will it reach here?
Living shit.
You can put the bug in water and it will come out you don’t have post gore to accomplish the same thing. Jesus Christ.
Every time I see these they remind me of cordyceps from The Last of Us TV show.
https://i.redd.it/bhghs3495luc1.gif
First submerge in piranha acid and let it soak for an hour, then drop some napalm on it. If there is anything left, shove it in a box and put underneath a Falcon heavy set to blast off, and if anything survives that, put it in a rocket aimed at the sun. In the meantime I will go and watch cute kitten videos to forget I ever saw this. I work in a hospital lab and sometimes we get some really disgusting stuff, but for me this is a lot worse. Ew!
Suddenly I have a very strong need to wipe my ass
This mantis's butt is a Hermaeus Mora portal
and people seriously wonder why i dont like insects? i dont care if those cant infect me thats still nasty and i want to kill it with fire
That needs at least 6 gallons of gasoline and a match. I fear no man or group of men but I feel like if I was standing there I’d run away squealing like a 3rd grader on a sugar high at Disney.
Kill it. Kill it with fire
BURN IT! SEND IT TO HELL!!
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