Tapeworm facts: found in a body near you | Animal Fact Files

Tapeworms may be the most well known flatworms simply because they can infect humans. Not all tapeworms, however, may use a human as a final host. In fact, there are thousands of tapeworm species and even different tapeworm groups! These animals have complex life cycles and depend on their ability to make their way into the bodies of their final hosts. Scientific Name: Class - Cestoda Range: worldwide Size: 1 inch (2.54cm) to 13+ feet (4+m) Diet: nutrients obtained from host Lifespan: 30+ years (in some species) ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Image and Video Credits: Aventura Natural Argentina - /watch/sAVFyo2mKWpmF Kat Masback - https://flickr.com/photos/36128932@ N03/3426210433 KDS444 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Desiccated_tapeworm_proglottids.jpg Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Tapeworm_SEM.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Tapeworm_SEM2.jpg Kerview, CDC and Hubert Ludwig - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Tapeworm_scolex_examples.jpg Alan R Walker - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Dipylidium-adult.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Echinococcus-multilocularis-adult.jpg David J. Stang - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Homalocladium_platycladum_9zz.jpg Magdalena ZZ - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Hymenolepis_microstoma.jpg inchadney - https://freesound.org/people/inchadney/sounds/53698 Jaymis - https://vimeo.com/3613290 Klaus Rohde - http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/app?service=external/ViewImageData&sp=1165; http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/app?service=external/ViewImageData&sp=4488 Mateusz Bugaj - https://vimeo.com/51749501 Research Credits: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370473 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=57307#null http://tolweb.org/Amphilinidea/20379 http://tolweb.org/accessory/Amphilinidea_Life_Cycles?acc_id=1776 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dangerous_Sea_Life_of_the_West_Atlantic/MqyPjacQHFoC https://www.google.com/books/edition/Interrelationships_of_the_Platyhelminthe/pvPx3q7-XB4C https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/d4GQlYzode8C https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tapeworm/symptoms-causes/syc-20378174

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