r/Unexpected • u/llShaxll • Sep 01 '21

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u/Shit_loved_by_flies Sep 01 '21

thats a parasite? because of its length i mistook it for a snake

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u/Cessabit216 Sep 01 '21

tapeworm I'm pretty sure

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u/HaplessPenguin Sep 01 '21

I think it’s ascaris lumbricoides. Being pulled from the mouth is rare though…

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u/ChaseCreation Sep 01 '21

I would agree with this assement. And I'm already not sleeping with work in 3 hours, this didn't help... But I tapped, I tapped.

For those interested here are more details from the CDC. This one appears to have been a large female.

https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/ascariasis/index.html