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Brain-eating amoebas, blood flukes, leeches, and the worms that cause lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, are all parasites.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
The blood fluke that saved Formosa.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2014
The creatures are also are known to host blood flukes—or parasitic flatworms—that can infect endangered loggerhead sea turtles.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
The blood fluke that saved Formosa.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2014
The creatures are also are known to host blood flukes—or parasitic flatworms—that can infect endangered loggerhead sea turtles.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
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“Blood fluke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20fluke. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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