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Title: Imagine if this lived inside your eyeball Written by: duddy on Jan 11, 2015 (https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/4_11_01_15_11_19_04.png) (https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=20047) A parasitic worm called Onchocerca volvulus affects 25 million people around the world in one of the most revolting ways possible. The larvae of this tiny worm, found in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, can live for more than 10 years in a person’s skin, and that’s not even the worst part - they often make their way into their eyes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BICkR4P98Ik Source: http://www.sciencealert.com/features/20142008-26044-2.html |