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   danny burstein to Moe DeLoughan   
   Re: Tapeworm and Ripe Bananas   
   30 Apr 14 12:38:30   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  Moe DeLoughan  writes:   
      
   >Guinea worms are removed by slowing winding the emergent worm around a   
   >stick - but guinea worms emerge from blisters on the victim's body:   
   >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis   
      
   Which they actually demonstrated on some tv show or   
   another with the worm coming out slowly, until   
   it broke...   
      
   (I think.. think.. it was in an episode of "Terra Nova"   
   but could be wrong)   
      
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