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Re: Dinosaur parasites



At 20:50 2006-04-28, Richard W. Travsky wrote:

Makes me wonder how big those sauropod tapeworms got...

A truly frightening thought, but if they were small, it would take a lot to be a bother to a host that size.

Brian W Aldiss once wrote a short story ("Poor Little Warrior") about a man who travels back to the Mesozoic to hunt dinosaurs. He shoots a sauropod only to get killed by the parasites swarming off the dead body. Intestinal worms would hardly be much of a threat in that respect though.


Tommy Tyrberg