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>>3561966
>>3561955
I don't have an organized insect folder at the moment, so would you like a small show about parasites or microorganisms? I have something posted on the latter a while ago, so I can just copy/paste.

This one is called giant kidney worm for obvious reasons, reaching sizes of about a meter and able to demolish the kidney of the host so efficiently that all is left after the worm's death is a hollowed-out cavity. Sometimes it also breaks the kidney and wanders on to other body cavities. It usually prefers the right kidney, and the host obviously dies should both kidneys be affected. Rather rare in humans, its natural host is mustelids, but it can infect freshwater fish as paratenic hosts and pass on to humans. It is more common around Europe.