Freeloading parasites live off people, plants

Post-Tribune (IN) | February 2, 2006| | Copyright

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The U.S. National Parasite Collection is the world's largest. "Some of them are actually quite beautiful," said scientist Eric Hoberg, while sketching a tapeworm.(PHOTO) (USDA)

Some creepy creatures float in old glass jars inside an ordinary-looking building in Beltsville, Md. In one jar, there's a 30-foot-long worm that looks like a huge strand of gray fettuccine pasta. Another jar holds a cluster of worms that resembles a big tangle of yellow-brown spaghetti. Knowing where these pickled parasites came from makes them seem even ...

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