<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5221000f-aa09-4027-8abf-0cd81cdf536e/B93BED57-BB89-450D-8200-2200D1884D2C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Human Botfly</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/A9BF7506-B79E-4D43-866B-E17EC0E1831E" alt="human-botfly" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Crab Hitchhiker: <EM>Sacculina Carcini</EM></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/C61315EA-06DE-4A76-B653-D551B77A06B7" alt="sacculina-carcini-crab-parasite" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">The crab has now been doomed to a lifetime of watching helplessly as the slug forces itself into the crab’s body armor, taking over its body</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Tick</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/12DD00F7-E87A-42F5-BAF5-5DEA99E6886A" alt="ticks" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">There are few things more revolting than the sight of a tick engorged with another creature’s blood.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Filarial Worm</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/64E56C2E-8B13-480E-86E6-3C4969883A6D" alt="filariasis" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">one of the nastiest parasites you can imagine, with effects that are absolutely devastating.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Screwworms</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/99DF038E-B56C-455D-890F-5985F1EA7012" alt="screwworm" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">The <A href="http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_050209.html" linkindex="27">screwworm larvae</A> eat the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, burrowing into the surrounding flesh as they feed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Candiru, the Urethra-Invading Fish</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/38F6B087-D767-4D71-876E-541CB91ED308" alt="candiru" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">tiny fish that swim up through their urine streams and into their urethras when they urinate into certain bodies of water</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Sushi Worms: Anisakis</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/07F8BE7A-43CB-4D4F-8FAA-BCD7EDED8B66" alt="anisakis" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">you’ll know if you do become infected – because you’ll be doubled over in violent abdominal pain almost immediately.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Tapeworm</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/6074F3C9-CFAC-49C5-9BF6-EAE513C79713" alt="tapeworm" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><H4>Cat Parasite Turns Humans into Zombies</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/32E50F93-5B22-47F7-B9BA-03AFE90D97CF" alt="taxoplasmosis" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/">cause them to <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_10_catcoat.html " linkindex="46">slide in their hygiene and housekeeping habits</A> – thus, allowing the parasite to spread and flourish</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><EM>Acanthamoeba</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/09/13-of-nature%e2%80%99s-most-disgusting-parasites/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/EADA8E71-CF82-444A-98DC-E5C22ED3D373" alt="acanthamoeba" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B93BED57-BB89-450D-8200-2200D1884D2C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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