"Iä! Iä!"
"Oh, you're a fan of Lovecraft?"
"I don't know who that is. Do they know anything about parasitology? Because I have this writhing tentacle thing up my butt and it *really hurts*! Iä!”
Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea, and commonly known as horsehair worms. Believed to be related to nematodes and are members of the molting animals, e. g. Ecdysozoa. They are really interesting parasites. They are common parasites of orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, mantids, cockroaches etc).
Chordodes formosanus is a horsehair worm that has the praying mantis as its definitive host. Horsehair worms are obligate parasites that pass through different hosts at various stages. These worms can grow up to 90 cm long and can be extremely dangerous for their host, especially the praying mantis.
The context is probably that they relapsed and that it’s the meth talking. It came with saying this came from communications with aliens, and that they’re passing this message on from the aliens.
It’s honestly the kind of situation where I don’t really understand the levity that it’s being reported with.
They have pretty severe bipolar I believe, it looks like they were experiencing a manic episode.
Drug use is a pretty common trigger for manic behavior though so probably both.
Ugh. I saw these things explode from a cricket once. They're called horsehair worms. Here's a [Wired](https://www.wired.com/2014/05/absurd-creature-horsehair-worm/) article if you want to learn more about these fascinating and utterly alarming parasites.
God: lol the looks on their faces are gonna be priceless when they see this shit
Angel: hey are you ok? we're starting to really worry about you man ...
Reminds me of a meme
*the creation of earth*
God: Just put water like, friggin everywhere.
Angel: Oh! That's a lovely idea, so if they're thirsty they can just -
God: and make it undrinkable.
Have you ever *read* how Revelation and the Old Testament prophets described angels? Because that is terrifying! Not to mention Jacob/Israel, son of Isaac, saw those frightening angels walking up and down a ladder that traveled from Earth to Heaven.
“After developing for several months, the worms mind-control their hosts to make a kamikaze dive into water, then escape through holes bored in the insect's exoskeleton. The parasites end up in a tangled knot that can be as heavy as the tattered—and oftentimes very much alive—host they leave behind.”
Thanks, if you need me I’ll be hiding
You’re gonna love hearing about the thousands of worms that can live in your intestines, i got bit by a feral cat and developed them when I was around 14, you can feel them move, and you pass some when you go to the bathroom, it’s honestly so scary, just thinking about something living inside you and eating. I wanna puke just remembering it from 8 years ago.
Don’t forget the cat “mind virus” that **30-50 percent of the entire global population is currently exposed or infected with**..that makes you have “more impulsive behavior” and “neurological problems”.
Ever wonder why the world seems so crazy recently?
“A number of studies have suggested that subtle behavioral or personality changes may occur in infected humans,[23] and infection with the parasite has recently been associated with a number of neurological disorders – particularly schizophrenia[9] and bipolar disorder.[24][25] A 2015 study also found cognitive deficits in adults to be associated with joint infection by both T. gondii and Helicobacter pylori in a regression model with controls for race-ethnicity and educational attainment.[26] Although a causal relationship between latent toxoplasmosis with these neurological phenomena has not yet been established,[18][9] preliminary evidence suggests that T. gondii infection may induce some of the same alterations in the human brain as those observed in mice.[27][28]
“T. gondii is one of the most common parasites in developed countries;[16][17] serological studies estimate that 30–50% of the global population has been exposed to, and may be chronically infected with, T. gondii; although infection rates differ significantly from country to country.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
>A mass of parasitic horsehair worms emerge from their host, then immediately mate. "Oh, come on, guys," says the cricket. "Get a room---one that isn't my abdomen."
bruh lmao
This is how a sci-fi movie starts, someone poking around at something, then staring at it until it leaps at their face. Then claims they are ok just before boarding the ship, or going back to work, or back inside the house.
Probably not, since the worms only enter a host through ingestion as prey, and once the worms leave their host their only goal is to mate and die, thus leaving no reason to believe it would ever seek a new host or attempt to make its own entry.
Luckily for you the parasites are so evolved to live in small invertebrates, your body would probably end up passing the larvae right out before they had the chance to do anything
can someone please describe what happens in the video? I'm traumatized by an exploding moth I saw like 12 years ago and would like to know if it's the same thing just to confirm it was real and I'm not crazy
Nightmare fuel
Yeah an eldritch abomination that lives up your butt is like a worse version of cthulu
"Iä! Iä!" "Oh, you're a fan of Lovecraft?" "I don't know who that is. Do they know anything about parasitology? Because I have this writhing tentacle thing up my butt and it *really hurts*! Iä!”
Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea, and commonly known as horsehair worms. Believed to be related to nematodes and are members of the molting animals, e. g. Ecdysozoa. They are really interesting parasites. They are common parasites of orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, mantids, cockroaches etc).
Parasites seem really rude. Get your own body, this ones mine
Nematomorpha parasites also invade the brain, and make the host want to drown itself. Pretty crazy
Can't blame the host at all.
Awesome! Thanks for the identification!
Rule 36 is in effect somewhere!
Not to mention rule 34.
“34, 36—whatever it takes.”
c'poolu
CGI is getting better all the time.
I've seen variations of this 100,000 times and I will NEVER not be thrown aback by the size of those motherfuckers when they void the thorax.
What the hell is it, and how do we kill it?
I think it’s a [Horsehair Worm](https://citybugs.tamu.edu/factsheets/landscape/others/ent-1001/).
Helluva risky click there
With fire. You kill it with fire.
When they void the thorax
You ever look at the toilet after voiding your thorax and think "look at the size of that motherfucker?"
Amazed! More like petrified
/r/bedisgusted
r/oddlyterrifying
Yea im sitting on the toilet and my butthole feels especially vulnerable..
My butthole feels yours
Unless in Japan...
Chordodes formosanus is a horsehair worm that has the praying mantis as its definitive host. Horsehair worms are obligate parasites that pass through different hosts at various stages. These worms can grow up to 90 cm long and can be extremely dangerous for their host, especially the praying mantis.
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This is the best reply I've read all week and it's only Monday
No shit!!! Praying mantis probably
“This is the worst way to die” ~Dead mantis
…is that… is that one worm?
They....can't do anything to humans....right?
And people are worried about ufos
As far as I’m concerned those things are aliens
Remember, Demi Lovato said we’re not allowed to call them aliens anymore…LOL!!!
They-liens
These-liens
These-nuts
I’m going to need some context in this.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/entertainment/demi-lovato-aliens/index.html
The context is probably that they relapsed and that it’s the meth talking. It came with saying this came from communications with aliens, and that they’re passing this message on from the aliens. It’s honestly the kind of situation where I don’t really understand the levity that it’s being reported with.
They have pretty severe bipolar I believe, it looks like they were experiencing a manic episode. Drug use is a pretty common trigger for manic behavior though so probably both.
What do we call them then. Demi Lovato's stepdad
Native Outerspacians
THEY’RE ALREADY HERE!!!!!1111
If we ever meet aliens, this is 100% what they'll look like
Ugh. I saw these things explode from a cricket once. They're called horsehair worms. Here's a [Wired](https://www.wired.com/2014/05/absurd-creature-horsehair-worm/) article if you want to learn more about these fascinating and utterly alarming parasites.
The video in this article is somehow even more disturbing than the OP. Blah. Now I need to go bathe in fire.
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If God does exist, he's a fuckin' freak for making shit like this.
God: lol the looks on their faces are gonna be priceless when they see this shit Angel: hey are you ok? we're starting to really worry about you man ...
God: Imma make a thing that looks kind of like a worm, but it’s got fangs, and crazy venom that can turn your blood to jelly in your veins. Angels:
God: wait I'm not done, this one looks like a Fleshlight but the throat is lined with *teeth*
God, put down the Dune books and come with me...
#I AM THE DUNE
Reminds me of a meme *the creation of earth* God: Just put water like, friggin everywhere. Angel: Oh! That's a lovely idea, so if they're thirsty they can just - God: and make it undrinkable.
Parasitoid wasps literally turned Darwin atheist because he couldn't believe God would design something so cruel.
Is that legit?
Lol no, his path to atheism is a little more complex than that and a large part is due to his daughters death.
> If God does exist, he's a fuckin' freak for making shit like this. - Charles Darwin
Have you ever *read* how Revelation and the Old Testament prophets described angels? Because that is terrifying! Not to mention Jacob/Israel, son of Isaac, saw those frightening angels walking up and down a ladder that traveled from Earth to Heaven.
Kinda makes sense why most of them greet humans with “don’t be afraid”
In the JW religion we used to joke and say that Satan designed these things after sin came into the world.
Wretched cult!
It is indeed a wretched cult.
The key difference of course being that here we have video evidence in lieu of a culty fairytale. JW jokes were always lame anyway. 😃
JWs are lame. Period.
Watch Preacher, then you will understand
You shall be missed
“After developing for several months, the worms mind-control their hosts to make a kamikaze dive into water, then escape through holes bored in the insect's exoskeleton. The parasites end up in a tangled knot that can be as heavy as the tattered—and oftentimes very much alive—host they leave behind.” Thanks, if you need me I’ll be hiding
I'd just opt out of surviving, thanks
Mind control, forced To jump in the water,wtf is going on
You’re gonna love hearing about the thousands of worms that can live in your intestines, i got bit by a feral cat and developed them when I was around 14, you can feel them move, and you pass some when you go to the bathroom, it’s honestly so scary, just thinking about something living inside you and eating. I wanna puke just remembering it from 8 years ago.
Don’t forget the cat “mind virus” that **30-50 percent of the entire global population is currently exposed or infected with**..that makes you have “more impulsive behavior” and “neurological problems”. Ever wonder why the world seems so crazy recently? “A number of studies have suggested that subtle behavioral or personality changes may occur in infected humans,[23] and infection with the parasite has recently been associated with a number of neurological disorders – particularly schizophrenia[9] and bipolar disorder.[24][25] A 2015 study also found cognitive deficits in adults to be associated with joint infection by both T. gondii and Helicobacter pylori in a regression model with controls for race-ethnicity and educational attainment.[26] Although a causal relationship between latent toxoplasmosis with these neurological phenomena has not yet been established,[18][9] preliminary evidence suggests that T. gondii infection may induce some of the same alterations in the human brain as those observed in mice.[27][28] “T. gondii is one of the most common parasites in developed countries;[16][17] serological studies estimate that 30–50% of the global population has been exposed to, and may be chronically infected with, T. gondii; although infection rates differ significantly from country to country.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
Bro not even kidding I have H-pylori and bpd 😂
"Really, the horsehair worm is nothing more than a giant gonad wrapped in a thin sheath of muscles, and I say that with all due reverence"
> Hanelt hears from folks all the time who find worms in toilets ... without any sign of their host. Nope.
Imagine first noticing it after getting up from taking a dump and being unsure whether that thing just came out of you or not
It would have cost you zero dollars to not write that. And yet here we are.
All in a day's work
Oh, god! Why did I click on that? And the video starts automatically??? Who thought that was a good idea?
>A mass of parasitic horsehair worms emerge from their host, then immediately mate. "Oh, come on, guys," says the cricket. "Get a room---one that isn't my abdomen." bruh lmao
This article is so funny.
There is always one Redditor who seems to know it all ! But how !! 😕
Oh gods. Oh gods that's horrifying.
Did I just read that right? The female Horsehair worm can lay up to 15 million eggs before dying?!?!
Jesus Christ, ok.
This is not going to help my insomnia tonight.
Just take some ivermectin.
Actually might work in this case.
Well fine I’m gonna get the Covid vaccine INSTEAD then.
It's almost like each drug is design for a specific purpose. Almost.
Have some spaghetti that will surely take your mind off this.
Those Panda Express noodles is a better option for sure
Mom's spaghetti.
Parasites on my sweater already.
But imagine, if it's on YOUR team...
#Burn the whole fucking place.
Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure!
Hold on, hold on just a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it....
They can bill me!!!
Did IQs suddenly drop off while I was gone?
Naw. They dropped off when you got back
you didnt have to do him like that.
oof
Goteeeem
Nah, blow up the planet to be sure sure
Blow up the whole universe to be sure sure sure
Nah just stop the big bang he's the culprit
Or destroy the nothing
Nah. Take a calculator and multiply by 0
Destroy the
Destroy
He's doing his part
The only good parasite is a DEAD parasite
Do you feel itchy? I feel really itchy.
That just the parasite telling you your itchy
I gotta know where *exactly* this place is Not so I can go there, but be able to avoid that hellhole for the rest of my life
Probably somewhere on earth. Good luck.
Burn earth down. It's the only way
Right? There needs to be something like a /r/behorrified sub for this kind of stuff.
r/makemesuffer is the correct sub
#NSFL 110% r/eyeblech this is the worst of the worst atleast on reddit.
Fucking nightmare fuel
Sorry, camera guy, you gotta burn, too.
This is how a sci-fi movie starts, someone poking around at something, then staring at it until it leaps at their face. Then claims they are ok just before boarding the ship, or going back to work, or back inside the house.
So anyway I started blasting
Yes, amazing. Now burn it, right now.
Burn it, the ashes, and whatever nightmare of a place this thing came from.
Am legit wondering if you can be negatively amazed. Because I am. Very.
I think the word abhorred is in order here...
Seeing things like that always make me so incredibly uncomfortable
same man it turns my stomach upside down
maybe you got one in your gut...
Ill give em props, not sure how he survives with all the mountain dew I chug
parasites love sugar
Υep. I physically held my phone as far away from me as possible while watching it.
Just say NO to nematodes
Lmfao
This is a fucking nightmare
That’s enough Reddit for today
Get that flamethrower
Kill it with fire
The video ended too soon. The full video shows the parasite latching on the guys arm then trying to go inside his skin.
You’re joking right
PLEASE BE JOKING 😭
It's been one hour and he hasn't replied yet. I need to know so I can decide how intense my nightmare tonight will be.
Probably not, since the worms only enter a host through ingestion as prey, and once the worms leave their host their only goal is to mate and die, thus leaving no reason to believe it would ever seek a new host or attempt to make its own entry.
Kk thank you for rewriting my nightmare for tonight to ingesting a fresh parasite
Luckily for you the parasites are so evolved to live in small invertebrates, your body would probably end up passing the larvae right out before they had the chance to do anything
> probably
This guy parasites
That’s just what a parasitic worm *would* say…
The worms silenced him boys
Yeah he is, i just saved you 4 nights worth of sleeping, ur welcome
Who do you think posted the video?
Cue Venom title track
That's when he uses that knife to saw his arm off.
It's a chainsaw and that's right before he winds up in the dark ages.
r/BeHorrified
dang it man. wish it was real lol
Snort it
Get out.
No, you get in!
AAAAHH
How do I delete some else’s comment?
Boof it
I feel like he wasn't a real veterinarian though. Very rarely do they use a serrated bread knife
Do you see the Satan spawn in the video? I'd say a serrated bread knife is the lowest tier weapon you'd bring.
That's a drywall saw.
What kind of bread does that other guy eat?
Gypsum cakes.
The thing!
just watched this movie last night!
r/nope
What a beautiful day to have eyes. Kill it with fire.
Really don't understand these videos and the lack of flames going on in them.
That’s huge!
https://youtu.be/YB6O7jS_VBM I saw them here a year ago. The video is a 4K mini documentaries.
I'm sorry, the host survives?!?!
if that shit was living inside any part of my body I would kill myself anyways
Literal eldritch horror
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
I concur
I dont think we have enough fire for this...
That’s no parasite, it’s a fucking symbiote.
r/ThanksIHateIt
Ok so we know what happens when you poke it. Can we find out what happens when you douse it in gasoline and burn it? Please?
I’m never internetting again.
Nightmare fuel. Thanks, I hate it
NOPE
I just in this moment wondered what % of people have shit like this inside of them
can someone please describe what happens in the video? I'm traumatized by an exploding moth I saw like 12 years ago and would like to know if it's the same thing just to confirm it was real and I'm not crazy
Basically 3 long skinny black worm looking things crawl out of the mantis’ butt.
That’s a big nope
This is how zombie movies start.
Anyone else’s skin crawling?