View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In parasitizing slugs, P. hermaphrodita kills its hosts. It waits in the soil and penetrates passing slugs, which die within days or weeks. More ...

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The adult form of the parasite primarily lives inside rodents. Their larvae then pass out through the rodent's feces, at which point they are eaten by slugs and snails. These larvae mature inside ...

Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...

Sam Ballard, a former rugby player who ate a slug on a dare, became paralyzed from a parasite and has died Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL ...

A recent University of Hawaii study predicts that rat lungworm disease, which is carried by snails and slugs, will spread to higher elevations as the climate warms. -- LORRIN PANG photo ...