Comment by karim79
1 day ago
My personal favourite parasite is the human botfly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatobia_hominis
This bastard is a fascinating one. I mean there are others, but this one is close to my heart.
1 day ago
My personal favourite parasite is the human botfly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatobia_hominis
This bastard is a fascinating one. I mean there are others, but this one is close to my heart.
I recommend reading accounts of traveling through the Amazon, like The Lost City of Z. The number of pests in rainforests that do horrifying things to the human body is astounding and the botflies are only one of them. Makes me thankful for modern conveniences like pure DEET.
I just searched that and it looks great! Will check it out, thank you.
> this one is close to my heart.
That sounds dangerous - you should probably see a doctor. ;)
Hahaha I knew someone would drop this pun.