YUCKY+TAPEWORMS!

Yucky Tape Worms! What are tapeworms like? The tapeworm is an invertebrate. An invertebrate doesn’t have a backbone. A tapeworm can get as long as 90 feet. Tapeworms have many rings around their body. Tapeworms are parasites; they harm the host that they live on. Tapeworms feed off of animals, as well as human intestines. How do you get tapeworms? Cows and pigs eat egg of a tapeworm. The eggs hatch into larva, which grow in the muscles of pigs and cows. When you eat raw or under cooked pork and/or beef, the tapeworm moves into your body. The tapeworm develops in your intestines; they use a sucker at the end of their body to attach themselves to the wall of your intestines. Once attached, the tapeworm eats away and takes the nutrition from its host’s body. How do you keep from getting tapeworms? 
 *    Make sure you cook your meat to the right temperature.
 * Make sure you walk around with shoes on so you don’t step in animal feces.

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