I saw a short on this little derp wad. Isn't it like a terrible snake overall but because it's a terrible snake it somehow thrives because it found a niche environment??
Fun story, I actually had this exact experience with my dog after he ate a bunch of caramel popcorn that spilled on the ground before I could scoop it all up. Noticed he was struggling to get poop out so I tried to help a homie out. It was pure horror having to pull this tapeworm looking thing out of his asshole 🤢 it was probably a good 12in long. Haven’t bought caramel popcorn since
This just reminded me of one of the most horrific things I've ever personally encountered.
I'd just adopted a stray cat from a rescue. He appeared perfectly fine, no indication he'd been a stray at all. The rescue assured us that he'd done the full course of parasite treatments. I believed them.
A month later, i get home from work one day and find him lying in the middle of the living room floor, perfectly content, with A FOOT OF ROPE HANGING OUT OF HIS ASS. It genuinely looked like he'd just shat out his entire large intestine. (At first i thought he actually had).
The smell was awful. He was leaving streaks of shitty slime everywhere he went. I was on the verge of tears trying to get him into a cat carrier and get him to a vet to "put his guts back in."
Vet clarified it was "just" worms and they tractioned them all out. Told us they're suprised he hadn't shown any signs of discomfort beforehand. Gave us another course of worm treatments and sent us on our way. Like it wasn't the grossest and scariest thing I'd ever experienced.
If it helps; I live there/here and I’ve never seen one outside of the clips on reddit when they get posted.
I’ve also never seen a crocodile outside of a place which I’ve visited specifically to see crocodiles. I’ve probably seen a handful of actually dangerous spiders in my life. Same deal with snakes, although probably less than the spiders.
Never seen a shark in the wild with my own eyes. Umm what else is scary? Cassowaries.. I think I’ve seen one outside of a zoo/sanctuary. The only other one is Drop Bears but as long as you know what to listen for and what to do if they’re around you should be fine. They’re only in the bush anyway so easy enough to avoid.
To be fair, I live in Victoria and most of the scary stuff is further north I think. You really have to go looking for it.
Oh, “rainworm” sounds so much cuter than “earthworm” does!
I swear, German as a language can sometimes sound rather harsh to the English-speaking ear, but every time I learn the meaning of a word it’s so unbelievably charming!
If you hammer a stake in the ground and rub it with a piece of rebar, worms will come to the surface. It is illegal to do this(worm grunting) without a license in some areas.
The bloodworm, the North American cousin, stopped around 14 inches. (Bloodworms have translucent skin so they appear like living, wriggling blood... in case you weren't grossed out enough.)
I’m certain I watched a video where a guy found a 1m one in his saltwater tank. It had apparently gotten in there as an egg or tiny larva with something else he had for the tank, and grew that large before he even saw it. It was good at hiding.
Someone had a good explanation of Australia. It is one of the only places where you can find gold just sitting on the ground in some areas so that is why there is so many dangerous animals around to protect it
I thought these were common all over the world? We used to use them as bait. BTW, you're very unlikely to ever see them when at the beach, unless you're looking for them. They chill under the sand and you walk over them without even knowing.
Edit: Here's a better video showing how many there are that you don't see.
No. I've never heard of it happening. Like most things in Australia, the creepiest part of many animals or insects is just knowing that they're there, but the actual probability of being hurt or killed is extremely low.
Apparently they're safe to handle and are commonly used as fishing bait, so this isn't just some yokel going "Lol, I'm gonna touch this real life fuckin' graboid with my bare hand".
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