Horsehair Worm facts: not for the squeamish

Horsehair Worm facts: not for the squeamish | Animal Fact Files

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Horsehair worms are an entirely parasitic animal phylum. As adults, these worms live in streams, ponds, rivers... your toilet(!), but horsehair worm larvae live inside arthropods. Preferably terrestrial arthropods. Which means for the adults to return to water they have to mind control their hosts back into the water. It can be a gruesome affair. Thankfully, horsehair worms want nothing to do with us!
Scientific Name: Phylum - Nematomorpha
Range: worldwide except Antarctica
Size: an inch (2.54cm) to more than 6.5 feet (2m) in length
Diet: absorb nutrients from arthropod hosts
Lifespan: a few months to a few years
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@AnimalFactFiles Жыл бұрын

Want to learn more about the horsehair worm?! Check out these horsehair worm facts you don't know 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ1nq9KBks6rnpc.html

@vivekvicky2595 Жыл бұрын

I found this in my dogs water bowl. what should I do?

@tabathaleonard302 Жыл бұрын

I think I have some of these worms living in me but they are not showing up in my stool, X-rays or CT. I feel all different species all over my body under my skin, the long ones feels the worst. What you may not know is that they control you with their stingers on their antenna that hurts so bad and they join their bodies to make a tight rope around their host body, neck and ears. They work well together at every stage of their life cycle to help the large worm kill squeeze the life out of it’s host and exit there body. They can enter humans and cause terrible pain and agony. I got them from newly dug whale water. Pray for me and help me if you can please. Doctors can’t find them; thus will not treat me. Please contact if you can help me!!😢

@tabathaleonard302 Жыл бұрын

Sorry, well water.😢

@angelicanjelika9546 3 жыл бұрын

I thought he was going to reassure us by saying " dont worry our stomach acids will kill it " but nah he said it will literally just come out my nose . This made it 100× worse .

@meganyoung. 3 жыл бұрын

Or MOUTH. Like OMG. Imagine something 3 foot long wriggling outta your face...god 🤢🤢🤢

@chief5981 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine having one of those tangled balls of mating worms inside of you 🤮

@dclibra2394 3 жыл бұрын

Omg same!!!!

@SporadicKristal 2 жыл бұрын

That's okay I didn't want to leave my house ever again anyways 😷😷

@Adventist1997 2 жыл бұрын

@@SporadicKristal Good news, bugs can bring them into your home.

@ElementofKindness 2 жыл бұрын

_". . . . you don't have to really worry. In fact, if you accidentally swallowed an adult horse hair worm, it would likely crawl out your nose or mouth."_ *THAT'S NOT HELPING!!!!*

@fallensamurai7195 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you, i thought he was going to say it would die in our stomach acid but NOPE!!!

@KawaiiEvoMii 2 жыл бұрын

Super gross but at least they wont want to be inside us!! Thinking about it wanting to multiply inside is even grosser

@IlIBonesIlI 2 жыл бұрын

Clearly you've never had to deal with a dog being de-wormed. Dogs have much stongerr stomach acids than we humans do, because of what they eat, and how their digestive tract is set up. I once had to rescue a female Dachshund, and took her to the vet to get her checked out and vermifuged. Doc gave me a pill to give to he with some food, and within about an hour, she threw up. The bit that chilled my blood was watching several worms come up, each writing animatedly in the puddle. They died within a few seconds, but clearly stomach acid strong enough to dissolve bone had no effect on them.

@Pherioxus 2 жыл бұрын

@@KawaiiEvoMii Or grow and filling up your entire body like it does to its definitive hosts

@wolfblade6569 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@archangel5627 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you covering the Horsehair Worm. Several years ago I killed a beetle or a cricket, I can’t remember exactly but it was one or the other, and immediately after I killed it a thin worm like creature crawled out of it. The entire experience totally creeped me out and at the time I didn’t know what I had just witnessed. Thanks to this video I now know what it was.

@michaelmccoy1794 2 жыл бұрын

That would be such a wierd sight to behold

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! What an experience! Glad we could help clear it up for you

@Ten_Mil_Will 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, I'm sitting here going "oh, that's what they were" too. No cracked beetle, for me tho. I was in a hotel in S.E. Asia and saw a BUNCH of these Lil bastards coming up out of a drain in the shower. Freak show shit. I dumped boiling water down the drain then ran the shower a while. I waited and...... more started coming out. I went and got a room at a different hotel. Never knew what they were til now and that was in 2008.

@YUN6_V3NUZ 2 жыл бұрын

had a similar experience once in my early childhood (somewhere around 5 or 6) and it gave me nightmares until i figured out what they actually were nearly 4 years later

@ricksmith7881 2 жыл бұрын

You're a bully

@TheTrueMariWho 2 жыл бұрын

Gives “creepy pasta” a whole new meaning 😆

@cogitoergosum9069 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

@commander_jat0580 2 жыл бұрын

Lol Underrated

@laylabranom5494 2 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

@mythydamashii9978 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@kingwalz 2 жыл бұрын

nooooo

@niklash6564 2 жыл бұрын

“Don‘t worry if you eat one, it will make its way out of you nose or mouth”. I am still worried

@myrmecii578 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe this will help to reduce your worries. If you crunch it first, it won't come out of your stomach later

@snowparody 2 жыл бұрын

@@myrmecii578 "it won't"? Wait, where does it go then...?

@gamergurl3648 2 жыл бұрын

@@snowparody it’s just dead? But that’s just a theory! A---

@Mike-su8si 2 жыл бұрын

I'd say oh screw it it'll come out one day

@mickcarson8504 2 жыл бұрын

@@myrmecii578 I don't know if it survives the strength of our stomach acid. 🤔

@TheSunBringsJoy 2 жыл бұрын

“Horsehair worms are harmless to vertebrates, because they can't parasitize people, livestock, pets, or birds. They also don't infect plants. If humans ingest the worms, they may encounter some mild discomfort of the intestinal tract, but infection never occurs.”

@bensaputra1567 2 жыл бұрын

@PS1 Hagrid yes

@texas1872 2 жыл бұрын

@PS1 Hagrid 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@AlyxGlide 2 жыл бұрын

YET

@TomGibson. 2 жыл бұрын

…yet

@bernadinewhitworth4262 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that ! Makes me feel a little better. 😌

@Cruddy129 2 жыл бұрын

So if they were eatan by humans, they... literally find their own way out of our mouths....? My god thats like something from a body horror movie

@Reth_Hard 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... That's very reassuring! lol

@blackcitadel37 2 жыл бұрын

"well idk how the hell I got here but boy you bet I will get out" - horse hair wormy

@Reth_Hard 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackcitadel37 Imagine you go to bed, your girlfriend is already sleeping... Before closing your eyes you contemplate her beautiful face, and you see this, coming out of her nose... D:

@thottydagod457 2 жыл бұрын

Actually that's more reassuring than scary. I rather it come out than stay I'm and multiply

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 жыл бұрын

way better than having it stay inside you

@michaelslater6839 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. When I was younger, I used to see a lot of horse hair worms in mud puddles. My dad always called him horse hair worms but I wasn’t sure if that was the official name for them.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Glad this helped!

@thetraveler4493 2 жыл бұрын

turns out some dads actually know their shit huh

@kingwalz 2 жыл бұрын

@@thetraveler4493 lol

@blackwater7183 2 жыл бұрын

I have never seen one and you see alot of them? Where do you live?

@itsdalu3416 3 жыл бұрын

Cricket: comes by Hairworm:oh boy the u haul is finally here

@CopyTheVoidEntity 2 жыл бұрын

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHSHABGAGAHAHA

@bieglas 2 ай бұрын

They process crickets by infecting them. To make cricket voluntary kill themselves by jumping in the water. Then they strain the crickets out of the water, to make Acheta powder.

@bizichyld 2 жыл бұрын

Praying mantis: *exists* Horsehair worm: “it’s free real estate!”

@chimyshark 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how much ecology and evolution you understand, but that is in fact quite literally the reason why they do that. space/shelter is one of the most valuable resources animals compete for.

@-mizuko-5537 2 жыл бұрын

You ruined my obsession with praying mantis, thanks.

@kingwalz 2 жыл бұрын

lol fr

@kingwalz 2 жыл бұрын

@@-mizuko-5537 i agree

@CalmLuhTucker 2 жыл бұрын

@@chimyshark You seem a bit aggravated over them making that joke

@misterhanley655 4 жыл бұрын

don't worry if you eat one, it will come out of your mouth or nose! I imagine sitting down at dinner and a long strand coming out of my nose/mouth. I understand nature works in strange ways and there is a place for everything but parasitoids and these types of parasites are gross.

@sammymaina8215 2 жыл бұрын

I felt that

@hortense5321 2 жыл бұрын

“Mmm yummy spaghetti, hey that’s nOT SPAGHETTI-“

@OhezzO 2 жыл бұрын

imagine if you were lucky and got the 2 meter one

@zachburskey8868 2 жыл бұрын

@@OhezzO I'm actually grateful I have Gerd, if I get one of these its not going to make it out.

@gidster192 2 жыл бұрын

How tf does it even get into your nose from your mouth

@ez1953 2 жыл бұрын

I remember finding one of these when I was like 8. I was out camping and I found a cool blue praying mantis that was moving sluggishly and wasn’t aggressive. I sprayed some water on it just to see what it would do (because I was a dumb kid and had a bit of a mean streak for bugs) and it falls to the ground and starts convulsing, and lets out this massive wriggling brown thing. No one believed me and I eventually thought I had dreamt it up so it’s nice to have that experience validated

@user-nc6mb2lv6v 2 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of the first time I managed to touch a butterfly on a flower as a child but then realised that it was sitting still because a spider was eating it My life never was the same)

@kirani111 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-nc6mb2lv6v this is hilariously dark

@jmb5134 Жыл бұрын

@@user-nc6mb2lv6v same

@nevaehhamilton3493 10 ай бұрын

69th like and awesome story.

@rhettwallace50 7 ай бұрын

You potentially saved it's life

@Scrufflelump 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this video while eating a bowl of spaghetti, because I'm a crazy asshole.

@squidwurdiered1445 2 жыл бұрын

U genuinely scare me😩

@madmir5327 2 жыл бұрын

I will never look at spaghetti the same again😳

@Axqu7227 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you, you magnificent lunatic!

@egglesbagles9833 2 жыл бұрын

You are one brave soul.

@dagnaldblumbf1882 2 жыл бұрын

Did any of the noodles find their way out via your nose or mouth?

@eatwhatukiii2532 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen these in puddles and leaf litter around here (and I also have horses) and these worms do indeed look and feel just like a horse’s thick tail hair. The big difference is they MOVE. Heebee jeebee factor of 10!

@user-wb7ez9ud4p 2 жыл бұрын

wwwwwhat do you mean they FEEL like horse hair.... eewwewewewew

@eddee4806 2 жыл бұрын

Do they actually came from a horse hair tail or was that just a myth?

@tossover6490 2 жыл бұрын

@@eddee4806 Are you actually genuinely asking this?

@eddee4806 2 жыл бұрын

@@tossover6490 well I'm curious! did they really came from a horse hair or did they evolve from nature?

@casuallee5370 2 жыл бұрын

@@eddee4806 They are worms from nature. The myth was that they came from actual horse hair. So other than their name, they are not related to horse hair at all.

@alfiemcfarland2932 4 жыл бұрын

Horse hair that becomes them after being exposed to water. Sounds like a yokai.

@WhatsNewTodayCreator 2 жыл бұрын

Mushi lore, for sure

@sungokong8540 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought gonna see fellow mushi shi fan

@FungusApe 2 жыл бұрын

It seems that crawling out of some orifice in the human body is definitely better causing some mayhem from the inside out and taking over the brain turning you into a mindless titan

@Charle_Z 2 жыл бұрын

Is that an AOT reference?

@shiroemisukami4025 2 жыл бұрын

Neh it is Zombie titan

@FungusApe 2 жыл бұрын

@@Charle_Z a little bit. I made the statement because people seem to be freaking about about it escaping from your body which I assume is a bit more harmless than people think lol it could DEFINITELY be worse. At least according to what is stated in the video it is trying to leave you alone 😬😅

@avoqado89 4 жыл бұрын

Calm matpat telling me if I eat this, it will jump back out of my mouth or nose. Thanks.

@kairo3201 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hate it.

@charliepea 2 жыл бұрын

This is horror material. I feel icky with worms a lot but horsehair worms make earthworms look cute and touchable. I also can't imagine some worm suddenly came out of the nose. I wouldn't sleep for days.

@FelisBX7 4 жыл бұрын

How hair raising...

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

We've been missing your punny sense of humor. 😉😉

@eggshell671 3 жыл бұрын

I hate you 😆

@johnthijm5113 3 жыл бұрын

How gross. I encountered 1 I’m my garden a while back.

@DuskAzura 3 жыл бұрын

“ ah, ah , ah” 🤣

@syrenet 2 жыл бұрын

"Dont worrry, itt'll escape your body trough your nose" Oh geeeee, thanks.

@thomasace2547 2 жыл бұрын

I caught a wasp once and trapped it in a jar I came back maybe a few hours later to find the wasp dead and a 4 inch parasitic worm crawling it’s way around I was both confused, fascinated and freaked out non the less

@feiliormia 6 ай бұрын

So was the worm

@matttheginger963 2 жыл бұрын

Several years ago I was in WV and happened to see a cricket acting strangely outside in the rain. When I got closer I saw a horsehair worm crawling out of the cricket. It was bizarre, and I ended up keeping the worm in a jar

@carlos7705 2 жыл бұрын

Eat it 😈

@sweetdannyandlisa6537 2 жыл бұрын

Snort it😈

@tonixton9887 2 жыл бұрын

I've just learned something new. Now I'd like to know how I can forget this...

@AegisAuras 2 жыл бұрын

They thrash around with a lot of force so they have a lot of muscle for their size. If you were a bug imagine how horrible it would be having something that strong and large thrashing around inside you. Edit: 😳👉👈

@kylerae9196 2 жыл бұрын

Something strong and large thrashing around inside me, you say?

@drinkmydamntea1068 2 жыл бұрын

@@kylerae9196 oh my god lmao

@kwz9930 2 жыл бұрын

@@kylerae9196 HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

@tomokokuroki2506 2 жыл бұрын

@@kylerae9196 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@de0509 2 жыл бұрын

@@kylerae9196 asl?

@ShelbyOnSafari 4 жыл бұрын

Be hairy afraid! 😘 especially if you’re an arthropod! Thanks for making the parasite and host relationship easy to understand 💚🤙

@SaraMorgan-ym6ue 8 ай бұрын

just put em in your mouth🤣 they taste like chicken🤣

@CatFighterForce9 4 жыл бұрын

lol at the scientist looking at a veil full of horse butt

@jhtsurvival 2 жыл бұрын

Why did the horses butt have a veil on

@nickmagrick7702 3 жыл бұрын

don't worry guys, if you swallow one its just gunna come out of your mouth or nose. No biggie see?

@lknanml 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Now every time a hair moves in my nose I think.. WORM!!!

@MissVyle382 2 жыл бұрын

As a child from Québec, me, my brother and cousins find something really similar at the crystal beach. It was floating on the water and I remember that we place it in our hands and find it very strange to see it move ! ! We never saw this before ! After that day, my brother found out it was maybe a " cheveu de mer" in french.

@guiguipop3658 2 жыл бұрын

J'adore trouver d'autres Québécois dans les commentaires des vidéos! Love from MTL!

@MissVyle382 2 жыл бұрын

@@guiguipop3658 Hey salut ! !! Moi aussi je trouves ça toujours pas mal cool ! ! Montréal, hein ? ! 😄☺ quel coin?

@Flow86767 2 жыл бұрын

Je vais prendre ça comme un signe d’éviter la plage pendant quelque temps 😳

@respectthedripkaren5449 3 жыл бұрын

when I was younger I would play in the irrigation ditch at my grandma's house looking for worms and I found one of these... I showed my mom and grandma and they looked it up and found out that it's a parasite... I haven't touched an irrigation ditch since.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Oh that was probably chilling to discover as a kid! Thankfully these are harmless to humans, though there are other parasites that could be found in irrigation ditches that DO use humans as hosts 😬

@AugustDreamScape 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnimalFactFiles like what??

@WhatsNewTodayCreator 2 жыл бұрын

Luckily they don't want humans

@bssaassin1900 2 жыл бұрын

Our generation and generations back then: playing with bugs and critters,climbing trees and playing in ditches. Kids nowadays: barely leave the house and freak out when they see a moth

@tallic967 2 жыл бұрын

@@bssaassin1900 bAcK iN mY dAy

@SpaceMonkeyBoi 3 жыл бұрын

Who else felt uncomfortable near the rectal area when they saw the worms leaving the host

@threestans9096 2 жыл бұрын

i think i might prefer that, vs the other route…i dunno…not a choice i was prepared to make in my life

@MsPegasus1001 2 жыл бұрын

You may need to check for pin worms if your having rectal discomfort.

@silenthuntersilentfisherma1157 2 жыл бұрын

I use to work at a fish factory, the horsehair worms would get caught in the nets in spring time. During the spring/summer the fisherman would grab buckets and bail loads of them out back into the water. I shit you not there would be 20lbs of these things just wiggling around. Also they would put them in their water bottles for pranks

@Fanrule 2 жыл бұрын

What-da-FUUUUU?!! XD

@a-425 2 жыл бұрын

Kill them and wtf dont drink them

@appointeddisappointment9676 2 жыл бұрын

Who the hell put spaghetti in my drinks

@steven5127 3 жыл бұрын

Me: "Mom how's the spaghetti moving? Did you put a magic into it?"

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

noooooooooooooooooooo

@Macadune1197 2 жыл бұрын

"It would likely make its way out of my mouth or nose". That doesn't make me feel any better.

@jenniferking4682 2 жыл бұрын

I had a video suggesting about velvet ants and that's how I discovered this channel! But glad I did! Love the short videos that pack so much interesting and informative facts about these creepy crawlies! I'm now a subscriber 😁

@maxii6254 2 жыл бұрын

I 100% knew this video was gonna be uncomfortable but I've decided to still watch this. I hate myself but this is a fascinating channel

@Ninnjette- 2 жыл бұрын

I’m 37 now but when I was six years old, I found one of these in my pool. I never knew what it was until right now. So glad the mystery was solved 30 years later 😹

@aidenral4532 2 жыл бұрын

Lucky it didn’t crawl up your ass

@somefuckingretard8289 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine going to Panda Express to get some noodles and as you eat, you see the noodles on your fork start to move around

@ajikoko8905 2 жыл бұрын

"Boil your water, cook your food." As my grandpa always said.

@benracer 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I hate how my first encounter of them on the internet I had was of some art involving them. Thankfully, your video helped me overcome the anxiety the work induced in me

@maloydonedidit2903 2 жыл бұрын

"....if you did ingest one it would, most likely, find its way out through your mouth or nose...." 😳 and now I have to figure out how to sleep tonight....

@gfdgfdgfdgfdgfdgd 2 жыл бұрын

so you ate one?

@Getpojke 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you. A short while ago I found a couple of these writhing around in a puddle after heavy rain & didn't have a clue as to what they were.

@hematite108 2 жыл бұрын

"dont worry they will only come out of your nose or mouth" IM NEVER GOING OUTSIDE AGAIN!!

@FoeApple 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid o scooped a bucket of water up from a lake and watched in amazement as this tiny thin as piece of hair swam around in it. I never knew what it was until just now, thank you.

@gavinmills6825 2 жыл бұрын

When I was young I lived near a Beck and often saw these worms. About 3 inches and so thin they looked like hair. Thanks to this it’s finally made sense as these hairs were writhing about on my hand when I caught them 👍

@dapper4459 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's Halloween and I needed the nightmare fuel

@TheCreepyArchives 2 жыл бұрын

Just read the troop, I am now unfazed by worms as nothing can compare to that terrifying book.

@Ja2808R 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice presentation AFF! Really been enjoying your work.

@marvalice3455 4 жыл бұрын

Now making a new enemy for my rpg :)

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

On no! Woe to your player characters!! 😆😆

@marvalice3455 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnimalFactFiles the medusa worm! They get into humans who eat tainted pork. After they fully mature the 3 foot long worms emerge from the human body! They _usually don't kill you, but they cause emotional instability and leave large soars that are easily infected when they leave!

@blaneyblades4810 2 жыл бұрын

I actually had a dream when I was a young teen that I was pulling these things out of my throat. I used to find them in the runoff drains buy the cow pastures I live near. I always knew them to be parasitic but didn't know what type of animal they were parasitic to. Thanks for creeping me out again.

@reorders9868 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@freshprince130 2 жыл бұрын

My dog pooped these out...tons of them...I burned them in the firepit just to make sure they were GONE!

@themaskedbanana9714 2 жыл бұрын

About a year ago, I kill a cricket that somehow found its way from my basement, up two flights of stairs, went down my hallway, into my bathtub in my master bedroom. I was super confused on why it specifically went to my tub. I killed it and out popped this 3 inch worm. I had zero idea what it was, but I knew it was using the cricket as a host. I balled the worm up in a tissue and set it on fire. I was worried it would somehow find a way to my pups. Thanks for the information.

@Catnipfumar 2 жыл бұрын

I love nature and I love science, but this was creepy. New diet plan you want to have appetite control watch videos like this right before you about to eat a meal,especially a meal that calls for angel hair pasta. 😹

@karolinasoblinskyte1795 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes this worm call devil's hair 😈

@thatthieff 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I slightly forget about this, A VIDEO POPS UP TO REMIND ME.

@sadiemiddok2588 2 жыл бұрын

I found seven of these swimming in a river. I took them to the rainger station and she said they were rare and found in that volume was extremely unlikely

@Aut0KAD 2 жыл бұрын

I have heard apocryphal stories of home remedies (for people who feeling sick and maybe infected with parasite) that saw worms coming out peoples noses. I always thought it was fake but wonder if there was something to it

@TheSterlingArcher16 2 жыл бұрын

Yea I’m gonna have to go with “kill it with fire”.

@fishing4happiness610 2 жыл бұрын

Yep... and terraform my yard to only host Dune Sandworms.

@NyeonCat Жыл бұрын

The way he said accidentally swallowed adult horse hairworm and finding its way to get out in mouth or nose making me think that horrible sci fi movie named "LIFE"😫

@m.g.trazor417 2 жыл бұрын

Parasites wig me out, worm-types definitely are more aesthetically disturbing than other types. Despite that, I'm going to sit here and torture myself watching this, learning what these critters do and even when you say at the end, humans need not worry, I'm still going to be in the fetal position, trying not to sob in terror.

@Col28 4 жыл бұрын

Well, that's just creepy! Thanks for the video.

@binarybee22 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is so cool!! Thanks for the info !

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

@elijahbishop87 2 жыл бұрын

Me watching parasite absolutely butcher a grass hopper while silently shaking with my mouth open.

@troyrussell177 2 жыл бұрын

Theres an epidemic of stray cats in my neighborhood that I keep an eye on. Take the hurt or sick cats to the vet, get every cat I can get my hands on fixed. I feed a couple who cant get food at the other places cause they get beat up. I spent the stim checks fixing 10 of these cats. Anyways, I see them eat grass every once in a while, and thats when they get worms. They all all do the same thing, eat some grass, then throw up the worms and I think they're these. There thin, white and long. The cats drink puddles and eat bugs so it makes sence. Right now I have a little black kitten who needs a home. Neighbors abuse these cats, hes in for a rough life if he doesn't make it put of here. His name is Sinna. He's liter trained. He's ready to be an indoor cat cause i trained him in my garage. He's all black with a white triangle on his chest. Him and his two siblings were abandoned by mama, and close to death when I found them. I found his two siblings a home. Sinna got the short end of the stick. I just recently took in another pregnant cat in too. She's not having the babies though unless I find a home for all for them too. Ive found 5 of these cats homes. I adopted 4 others. I'm doing all I can and it's still not enough. Story is much deeper than this. I'm facing charges for " threatening " an off duty cop I watched maim a kitten. My kitten, one of the 4 I adopted. I almost lost it and ended up in Prison. Instead I kept my cool and still face bogus charges😂 Feel like fucking Jon Snow. I'm just trying to do what's right and I somehow always end up punished for it.

@marks6663 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you.

@kingwalz 2 жыл бұрын

wow

@troyrussell177 2 жыл бұрын

@@marks6663 thank you mark🙏 He already has, I'm alive🙏

@tyleenhawthorne5073 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if this is a personal question to you but, what state are you in?

@troyrussell177 2 жыл бұрын

@@tyleenhawthorne5073 not at all. I'm in New Jersey

@gljonesy42 2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine the pain they go thru I kinda makes me think of the guy with the bomb in his stomach on Batman

@MsPegasus1001 2 жыл бұрын

At least it was in his stomach in "Man on fire" he had one in his rectum.

@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first video I’ve ever watched where the dislikes are actually just people who were disgusted and horrified by these things, as opposed to just being a jerk

@amberkat8147 Жыл бұрын

They chose to watch it, why risk punishing the video's creator for a well-done video they simply didn't like the topic of?

@jadenl629 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!😃I never knew that horsehair worms could control other animal body's!🤯

@thesilentworld9556 2 жыл бұрын

that was why I refused to eat any shellfish and snail. These are very very unclean food!

@american7169 2 жыл бұрын

First time I saw 1 it was coming out of a cricket, over 2ft long! How and where did it all fit in a tiny cricket?!?

@xylsky1300 2 жыл бұрын

The horse hair thing remind me of a belief my Mixtec people believe in but its about human hair. My parents used to say if your hair falls off or you cut it and throw it in water after a while like days, it'll turn into a snake. As a kid that scared me but obviously as i got older I knew it was a myth of sort.

@kittyday1402 2 жыл бұрын

I found a horsehair worm in a puddle in our road(dirt), so I took it home & my mom freaked out & made me throw it away. I will always remember it.

@galaxyofreesesking2124 2 жыл бұрын

I once saw one burrow into some soil in a garden, while I was digging up a small hole. Is this a common or rare phenomenon, or was it a similar looking animal of a different phylum?

@hideousruin 2 жыл бұрын

That's called an earthworm.

@Crow0567 2 жыл бұрын

@@hideousruin nah, it still couldve been a horse hair worm. It easily could have been the right size/thickness to be one.

@jackalope_hunter 2 жыл бұрын

it was an earthworm. they're common in soil and very beneficial to the environment. keep them in your lawn and/or garden!

@galaxyofreesesking2124 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackalope_hunter Actually it did not resemble an earth worm at all. It was thin, very shiny, jet black, and it moved really quickly into the soil after I exposed it. I wasn't sure if it was an animal or if I was hallucinating.

@amirrashed771 3 жыл бұрын

time to move to antarctica

@darrin777 2 жыл бұрын

Welp, guess I'll just start drinking acid, lava, melted metal... You know, stuff that isn't freaking water containing living nightmare fuel.

@yuggoth777 Жыл бұрын

Thanking God every day that I'm not an invertebrate. The parasites vertebrates get are so much milder. "Oooh you're gonna get big worms in your gut or brain if you don't clean and cook your food" compared to a literal xenomorph you get by basically spinning a roulette every time you eat

@ragingmcqueen 2 жыл бұрын

Could of gone on with my life happily without knowing the last fact in the video...

@sandjaiasarfi4506 3 жыл бұрын

Wont your stomach acid kill it?

@madscientistme 2 жыл бұрын

Ah belongs in the burn at sight category

@Highly-TrainedProfessional 2 жыл бұрын

I remembered finding one of these creature under a rock I genuinely though it was a normal worms until it started wiggling like crazy it's honestly horrified me

@LikeWagon 2 жыл бұрын

The fact he said the horsehair worms can be escape from human mouth and nose is like the obvious idea for horror movies, especially zombie games.

@schrodingersgat4344 2 жыл бұрын

Worm: I must grow inside you. Bug: If you encyst.

@noral6528 2 жыл бұрын

I was forced to learn about this when at school a cricket was stepped on and one of these demons twice the size of the insect climbed out of its corpse.

@chrisvesy7245 2 жыл бұрын

My Sister & I used to catch these worms down at the creek...our Dad said they were Horse Hairs that come alive in water...it wasn't until decades later when I remembered them & Googled...LOL!! I didn't think hair could come alive but when I was 5 🤷‍♂️ anything was possible!

@randylittlefield2962 9 ай бұрын

I hate parasites but I can't deny they are pretty cool. The evolutionary trait for parasitism is pretty interesting and an ingenious way to save energy.

@thomasfield8543 2 жыл бұрын

That last clip of the worm leaving the grasshoppers body... gross. 😂

@yeeeehaaawbuddy 2 жыл бұрын

As a general rule of thumb, if you can see it, your stomach acid will destroy it. It's the little microbes that can get past the acid in your stomach.

@karenparker7830 Жыл бұрын

"If you accidentally ingest a horsehair worm 🪱, don't worry, it sill find it's way out of your nose or mouth." Me: noooooo problem???!!!!

@honeytoone8610 Жыл бұрын

And they want us to eat crickets!!!!!

@alienallen7536 2 жыл бұрын

It's all fun and games until you realise that's not spaghetti stuck in your throat lol moments later you open your mouth in the mirror and see a black liquorice lace frantically wiggling like FREE MEEEEE

@leftyshawenuph4026 2 жыл бұрын

The girls brought home a kitten they'd found. At supper time, that kitten puked up a pile of these under the table where I had begun to eat. I was suddenly finished eating, and that kitten suddenly found itself living outside. Thank God it wasn't a puppy, or I would have had to pay for a vet.

@JedediahCyrus 2 жыл бұрын

This is the sole reason why I will never try insects. I know cultures around the world usually have some form of insect like dish but the fact that these parasites can live in most is an absolute nope for me. Horrifying.

@yesican2012 2 жыл бұрын

This is reason enough to make SURE edible insects are grown in a controlled environment. The body doesn't care where its protein comes from, as long as it gets it. With disasters increasing worldwide, along with animal die offs, insect farming may become our major source for protein. We can't get rid of them. The FDA approves a certain percentage of insect parts in our food: rodent hair & poop, mold, insect heads, mites, maggots, etc. So, whether we admit it or not, we all have been eating insects in one form or another.😏

@marks6663 2 жыл бұрын

@@yesican2012 The FDA is also an incredibly corrupt organization in bed with the biggest corporations. BTW, there are no increasing disasters. Look at the numbers. Hurricanes are actually down from their historic norm. And there are no animal "die offs" that are not also normal. You don't need animal protein. I haven't had animal protein in 30 years. Became a vegan and much healthier for it.

@yesican2012 2 жыл бұрын

@@marks6663 No question the FDA is corrupt. But, no increase in disasters Worldwide!? You are in for a very unpleasant surprise.

@JDoe001 2 жыл бұрын

“And because it’s freaking Antartica” 😂

@selfimaged 2 жыл бұрын

These things are the reason why my dad told me to take a sip of beer as a child 💀💀💀

@colonialgutentagen9736 2 жыл бұрын

I tried to sneeze so hard until I heard him say “ they will just crawl out of you nose or mouth” I don’t want to sneeze now

@ande100 2 жыл бұрын

How bizarrely fascinating! Reason for my instant subscribe

@lemonlimethewolf7087 2 жыл бұрын

You know that feeling when you have a hair caught in your throat? Well... now you know what it is, and it wants out

@sum-dum_nerd 2 жыл бұрын

i read the comments and i was like "aw shucks the surprise was ruined." and then after i heard it, it didnt seemed ruined anymore.

@Joemama-ov9me 2 жыл бұрын

One of these took control of a cricket once and it jumped into my pool. It freaked my mother out because she thought it was just a giant strand of cricket shit lol. One of the weirdest creatures out there.