Gordian Worms, Horsetail worm -

Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea, and commonly known as Horsehair worms or Gordian worms) are a phylum of parasitic animals which are morphologically and ecologically similar to nematode worms, hence the name. They are, on average, 1 meter long, and 1 to 3 millimetres in diameter. Horsehair worms can be discovered in damp areas such as watering troughs, streams, puddles, and cisterns. The adult worms are free living, but the larvae are parasitic on beetles, cockroaches, grasshoppers and crustaceans. About 320 species have been described.

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Science & Technology

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• Parasitic
• Worms

[Tirlp]

If u suicide wont those thing still be in ur body determins on how u suicide i would suicide by burning myself my entire body with the worms inside! sorta d.x

[pinoy1000]

i see, but how does the host stay alive..i mean dosent the worm occupy ALOT of space?

[morganjp94123456]

It causes an infection in the host, the infection acts on the host's brain and causes it to seek water and drown itself, thus returning the nematomorph to water. They are also remarkably able to survive the predation of their host, being able to wriggle out of the predator which has eaten the host.

[pinoy1000]

how does it make the host kill themselves?

[mcknbrd]

damn .. where do you find those things .. if those would be inside my body i would suicide