Monday, March 26, 2012

Hookworms

A few things about hookworms is that they, suck blood, can be transmuted to unborn pups, and can infect humans. The life cycle of a hookworm has three stages. The adult hookworm lives in the small intestine of its host where it hangs on to the intestinal wall using six sharp teeth. The hookworm feeds by drinking its host's blood. The adult worm produces eggs that are then released into the intestine and passed into the world. The egg hatches into the environment and develops a larva, the first stage. Then to a second stage larva and then a third stage larva ready to infect a new host and star the process over again.


hookworm
hookworms







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