Nothey are specialised to the mamalian gut
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf,
Thu 4 Jan 2007, 17:13,
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The head of a tapeworm is called the 'scolex'and under a microscope it looks like a bunch of fish-hooks.
I'm not even sure tapeworms have an anus as the bottom tail segements contain eggs & drop off into the gut to be passed out.
Both of these traits are specialised to the mamalian peristaltic gut mechanism.
(I'm not even sure tapeworms have an anus as the bottom tail segements contain eggs & drop off into the gut to be passed out.
Both of these traits are specialised to the mamalian peristaltic gut mechanism.
Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf,
Thu 4 Jan 2007, 17:19,
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