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Wuchereria bancrofti
Wow! What a long trip! It will be
a fluke if you get to the liver. All my larvae
need to do is to hitch a ride in a mosquito.
We’re another type of roundworm that needs to
get inside a human. Once there, it’s straight to
the lymph vessels, where we can get Head louse
pretty big as we mature to adults, and
block them, causing the human’s legs Wiggle away, Mr. Worm, while
I rest my six hooked legs, ready
to swell with elephantiasis.
for some serious gripping. I’m
the only insect here and boy can I
bug you. I’m on my way to Scalp City,
where I’ll be riding the hair highway
and painting the town red feeding
on blood.
Chinese liver fluke
Has anyone seen a snail? We have a trip
planned to the coast. Once at sea, he’ll release
my larvae to be picked up by a fish, which will
then be eaten, with any luck, by a sushi-eating
human. Next stop for those lucky larvae is
the liver, their new home, full of delicious bile
for them to gorge on.

Scabies mite
Hope your kids have a safe trip,
Ascaris, but that’s not for me. With
my eight legs, I need to get a grip.
I’m relocating to a burrow in the skin
where I can lay my eggs, watch my
offspring hatch, and cause the worst
SKIN THE SCALP
itching imaginable!

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