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Parasites

Parasites. By John Fearnhead. What is a parasite?. A parasite is a creature living in or on another creature and drawing its food directly from it. The parasite that I am about to show you are all invertebrates. Cymothoa exigua. Cymothoa exigua , otherwise known as the tongue eating louse.

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Parasites

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  1. Parasites By John Fearnhead.

  2. What is a parasite? • A parasite is a creature living in or on another creature and drawing its food directly from it. • The parasite that I am about to show you are all invertebrates.

  3. Cymothoaexigua • Cymothoaexigua, otherwise known as the tongue eating louse. • Cymothoaexiguaeat fishes tongues and takes the tongues place. • When the fish eats the parasite takes some of the fishes food.

  4. Hookworms • Hookworms eat things in their host’s gut [Humans can be hosts too]. • Doctors use hookworms to cure some diseases such as colitis. • This means doctors could give you hookworms to eat!

  5. Botfly • A botfly lays its eggs in the skin of the cow. • The egg hatches into a larva which eats its host to grow. • When the botfly is fully grown it eats its way out.

  6. Conclusion • I have shown you some parasites but there are many more. • There is a parasite for every animal.ss

  7. The End

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