2. My mycology/parasitology prof. in college told us this one-
A guy he knew (or knew of) who had contracted a parasitic worm infection (I forget which kind). It was a species of little worms that tended to gravitate to the eyeball due to their photophilic nature, so everytime he saw one float across his eyeball he'd pinch it with some special little clamp, run outside, call a cab to the doctor's office and have it taken out.
Then there was a colleague of his who sought to prove that tube worms weren't necessarily harmful and could coexist mutualistically with man by intentially ingesting one only to have to undergo emergency surgery to relieve his blocked intestines several years later.
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