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  • Horsehair worms are an entirely parasitic animal phylum. As adults, these worms live in streams, ponds, rivers... your toilet(!), but horsehair worm larvae live inside arthropods. Preferably terrestrial arthropods. Which means for the adults to return to water they have to mind control their hosts back into the water. It can be a gruesome affair. Thankfully, horsehair worms want nothing to do with us!
    Scientific Name: Phylum - Nematomorpha
    Range: worldwide except Antarctica
    Size: an inch (2.54cm) to more than 6.5 feet (2m) in length
    Diet: absorb nutrients from arthropod hosts
    Lifespan: a few months to a few years
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  • @AnimalFactFiles
    @AnimalFactFiles  Год назад +5

    Want to learn more about the horsehair worm?! Check out these horsehair worm facts you don't know 👉 ruclips.net/video/g77xoP-hGnc/видео.html

    • @vivekvicky2595
      @vivekvicky2595 Год назад

      I found this in my dogs water bowl. what should I do?

    • @tabathaleonard302
      @tabathaleonard302 Год назад

      I think I have some of these worms living in me but they are not showing up in my stool, X-rays or CT. I feel all different species all over my body under my skin, the long ones feels the worst. What you may not know is that they control you with their stingers on their antenna that hurts so bad and they join their bodies to make a tight rope around their host body, neck and ears. They work well together at every stage of their life cycle to help the large worm kill squeeze the life out of it’s host and exit there body. They can enter humans and cause terrible pain and agony. I got them from newly dug whale water. Pray for me and help me if you can please. Doctors can’t find them; thus will not treat me. Please contact if you can help me!!😢

    • @tabathaleonard302
      @tabathaleonard302 Год назад

      Sorry, well water.😢

  • @angelicanjelika9546
    @angelicanjelika9546 3 года назад +4377

    I thought he was going to reassure us by saying " dont worry our stomach acids will kill it " but nah he said it will literally just come out my nose . This made it 100× worse .

    • @meganyoung.
      @meganyoung. 3 года назад +272

      Or MOUTH. Like OMG. Imagine something 3 foot long wriggling outta your face...god 🤢🤢🤢

    • @chief5981
      @chief5981 3 года назад +155

      Imagine having one of those tangled balls of mating worms inside of you 🤮

    • @dclibra2394
      @dclibra2394 3 года назад +28

      Omg same!!!!

    • @SporadicKristal
      @SporadicKristal 3 года назад +133

      That's okay I didn't want to leave my house ever again anyways 😷😷

    • @Adventist1997
      @Adventist1997 3 года назад +176

      @@SporadicKristal
      Good news, bugs can bring them into your home.

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 2 года назад +1948

    _". . . . you don't have to really worry. In fact, if you accidentally swallowed an adult horse hair worm, it would likely crawl out your nose or mouth."_
    *THAT'S NOT HELPING!!!!*

    • @fallensamurai7195
      @fallensamurai7195 2 года назад +119

      I totally agree with you, i thought he was going to say it would die in our stomach acid but NOPE!!!

    • @KawaiiEvoMii
      @KawaiiEvoMii 2 года назад +79

      Super gross but at least they wont want to be inside us!! Thinking about it wanting to multiply inside is even grosser

    • @IlIBonesIlI
      @IlIBonesIlI 2 года назад +68

      Clearly you've never had to deal with a dog being de-wormed. Dogs have much stongerr stomach acids than we humans do, because of what they eat, and how their digestive tract is set up.
      I once had to rescue a female Dachshund, and took her to the vet to get her checked out and vermifuged. Doc gave me a pill to give to he with some food, and within about an hour, she threw up. The bit that chilled my blood was watching several worms come up, each writing animatedly in the puddle. They died within a few seconds, but clearly stomach acid strong enough to dissolve bone had no effect on them.

    • @Pherioxus
      @Pherioxus 2 года назад +8

      @@KawaiiEvoMii Or grow and filling up your entire body like it does to its definitive hosts

    • @wolfblade6569
      @wolfblade6569 2 года назад

      Ikr

  • @archangel5627
    @archangel5627 2 года назад +2090

    I really appreciate you covering the Horsehair Worm. Several years ago I killed a beetle or a cricket, I can’t remember exactly but it was one or the other, and immediately after I killed it a thin worm like creature crawled out of it. The entire experience totally creeped me out and at the time I didn’t know what I had just witnessed. Thanks to this video I now know what it was.

    • @michaelmccoy1794
      @michaelmccoy1794 2 года назад +94

      That would be such a wierd sight to behold

    • @AnimalFactFiles
      @AnimalFactFiles  2 года назад +130

      Oh wow! What an experience! Glad we could help clear it up for you

    • @Ten_Mil_Will
      @Ten_Mil_Will 2 года назад +115

      Dude, I'm sitting here going "oh, that's what they were" too. No cracked beetle, for me tho. I was in a hotel in S.E. Asia and saw a BUNCH of these Lil bastards coming up out of a drain in the shower. Freak show shit. I dumped boiling water down the drain then ran the shower a while. I waited and...... more started coming out. I went and got a room at a different hotel. Never knew what they were til now and that was in 2008.

    • @YUN6_V3NUZ
      @YUN6_V3NUZ 2 года назад +23

      had a similar experience once in my early childhood (somewhere around 5 or 6) and it gave me nightmares until i figured out what they actually were nearly 4 years later

    • @ricksmith7881
      @ricksmith7881 2 года назад +7

      You're a bully

  • @TheTrueMariWho
    @TheTrueMariWho 2 года назад +553

    Gives “creepy pasta” a whole new meaning 😆

  • @niklash6564
    @niklash6564 2 года назад +453

    “Don‘t worry if you eat one, it will make its way out of you nose or mouth”. I am still worried

    • @myrmecii578
      @myrmecii578 2 года назад +4

      Maybe this will help to reduce your worries. If you crunch it first, it won't come out of your stomach later

    • @snowparody
      @snowparody 2 года назад +7

      @@myrmecii578 "it won't"? Wait, where does it go then...?

    • @gamergurl3648
      @gamergurl3648 2 года назад +4

      @@snowparody it’s just dead? But that’s just a theory! A---

    • @Mike-su8si
      @Mike-su8si 2 года назад +1

      I'd say oh screw it it'll come out one day

    • @mickcarson8504
      @mickcarson8504 2 года назад

      @@myrmecii578
      I don't know if it survives the strength of our stomach acid. 🤔

  • @bizichyld
    @bizichyld 3 года назад +409

    Praying mantis: *exists*
    Horsehair worm: “it’s free real estate!”

    • @chimyshark
      @chimyshark 2 года назад +3

      I don't know how much ecology and evolution you understand, but that is in fact quite literally the reason why they do that. space/shelter is one of the most valuable resources animals compete for.

    • @-mizuko-5537
      @-mizuko-5537 2 года назад +1

      You ruined my obsession with praying mantis, thanks.

    • @kingwalz
      @kingwalz 2 года назад

      lol fr

    • @kingwalz
      @kingwalz 2 года назад

      @@-mizuko-5537 i agree

    • @CalmLuhTucker
      @CalmLuhTucker 2 года назад

      @@chimyshark You seem a bit aggravated over them making that joke

  • @misterhanley655
    @misterhanley655 4 года назад +632

    don't worry if you eat one, it will come out of your mouth or nose! I imagine sitting down at dinner and a long strand coming out of my nose/mouth. I understand nature works in strange ways and there is a place for everything but parasitoids and these types of parasites are gross.

    • @sammymaina8215
      @sammymaina8215 3 года назад +7

      I felt that

    • @hortense5321
      @hortense5321 2 года назад +60

      “Mmm yummy spaghetti, hey that’s nOT SPAGHETTI-“

    • @OhezzO
      @OhezzO 2 года назад +39

      imagine if you were lucky and got the 2 meter one

    • @zachburskey8868
      @zachburskey8868 2 года назад +16

      @@OhezzO I'm actually grateful I have Gerd, if I get one of these its not going to make it out.

    • @gidster192
      @gidster192 2 года назад +2

      How tf does it even get into your nose from your mouth

  • @Cruddy129
    @Cruddy129 2 года назад +420

    So if they were eatan by humans, they... literally find their own way out of our mouths....?
    My god thats like something from a body horror movie

    • @Reth_Hard
      @Reth_Hard 2 года назад +7

      Yeah... That's very reassuring! lol

    • @blackcitadel37
      @blackcitadel37 2 года назад +17

      "well idk how the hell I got here but boy you bet I will get out" - horse hair wormy

    • @Reth_Hard
      @Reth_Hard 2 года назад +17

      @@blackcitadel37
      Imagine you go to bed, your girlfriend is already sleeping... Before closing your eyes you contemplate her beautiful face, and you see this, coming out of her nose...
      D:

    • @thottydagod457
      @thottydagod457 2 года назад +15

      Actually that's more reassuring than scary. I rather it come out than stay I'm and multiply

    • @user-md3wm7vu1f
      @user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад +3

      way better than having it stay inside you

  • @itsdalu3416
    @itsdalu3416 3 года назад +200

    Cricket: comes by
    Hairworm:oh boy the u haul is finally here

    • @CopyTheVoidEntity
      @CopyTheVoidEntity 2 года назад +2

      BAHAHAHAHHAHAHSHABGAGAHAHA

    • @bieglas
      @bieglas 4 месяца назад

      They process crickets by infecting them. To make cricket voluntary kill themselves by jumping in the water. Then they strain the crickets out of the water, to make Acheta powder.

  • @TheSunBringsJoy
    @TheSunBringsJoy 2 года назад +452

    “Horsehair worms are harmless to vertebrates, because they can't parasitize people, livestock, pets, or birds. They also don't infect plants. If humans ingest the worms, they may encounter some mild discomfort of the intestinal tract, but infection never occurs.”

  • @michaelslater6839
    @michaelslater6839 3 года назад +691

    Thank you. When I was younger, I used to see a lot of horse hair worms in mud puddles. My dad always called him horse hair worms but I wasn’t sure if that was the official name for them.

    • @AnimalFactFiles
      @AnimalFactFiles  3 года назад +34

      Glad this helped!

    • @thetraveler4493
      @thetraveler4493 2 года назад +36

      turns out some dads actually know their shit huh

    • @kingwalz
      @kingwalz 2 года назад +1

      @@thetraveler4493 lol

    • @blackwater7183
      @blackwater7183 2 года назад +2

      I have never seen one and you see alot of them? Where do you live?

  • @alfiemcfarland2932
    @alfiemcfarland2932 4 года назад +89

    Horse hair that becomes them after being exposed to water. Sounds like a yokai.

  • @ez1953
    @ez1953 2 года назад +92

    I remember finding one of these when I was like 8. I was out camping and I found a cool blue praying mantis that was moving sluggishly and wasn’t aggressive. I sprayed some water on it just to see what it would do (because I was a dumb kid and had a bit of a mean streak for bugs) and it falls to the ground and starts convulsing, and lets out this massive wriggling brown thing. No one believed me and I eventually thought I had dreamt it up so it’s nice to have that experience validated

    • @ОлександраЛукянчук-т3в
      @ОлександраЛукянчук-т3в 2 года назад +24

      That reminds me of the first time I managed to touch a butterfly on a flower as a child but then realised that it was sitting still because a spider was eating it
      My life never was the same)

    • @kirani111
      @kirani111 2 года назад +5

      @@ОлександраЛукянчук-т3в this is hilariously dark

    • @jmb5134
      @jmb5134 Год назад +3

      @@ОлександраЛукянчук-т3в same

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 Год назад

      69th like and awesome story.

    • @rhettwallace50
      @rhettwallace50 10 месяцев назад

      You potentially saved it's life

  • @ShennyIsLive
    @ShennyIsLive 2 года назад +75

    I watched this video while eating a bowl of spaghetti, because I'm a crazy asshole.

    • @squidwurdiered1445
      @squidwurdiered1445 2 года назад +10

      U genuinely scare me😩

    • @madmir5327
      @madmir5327 2 года назад +6

      I will never look at spaghetti the same again😳

    • @Axqu7227
      @Axqu7227 2 года назад +5

      God bless you, you magnificent lunatic!

    • @egglesbagles9833
      @egglesbagles9833 2 года назад +3

      You are one brave soul.

    • @dagnaldblumbf1882
      @dagnaldblumbf1882 2 года назад +1

      Did any of the noodles find their way out via your nose or mouth?

  • @eatwhatukiii2532
    @eatwhatukiii2532 2 года назад +135

    I have seen these in puddles and leaf litter around here (and I also have horses) and these worms do indeed look and feel just like a horse’s thick tail hair. The big difference is they MOVE. Heebee jeebee factor of 10!

    • @崔莱
      @崔莱 2 года назад +17

      wwwwwhat do you mean they FEEL like horse hair.... eewwewewewew

    • @eddee4806
      @eddee4806 2 года назад

      Do they actually came from a horse hair tail or was that just a myth?

    • @tossover6490
      @tossover6490 2 года назад +12

      @@eddee4806 Are you actually genuinely asking this?

    • @eddee4806
      @eddee4806 2 года назад

      @@tossover6490 well I'm curious! did they really came from a horse hair or did they evolve from nature?

    • @casuallee5370
      @casuallee5370 2 года назад +8

      @@eddee4806 They are worms from nature. The myth was that they came from actual horse hair. So other than their name, they are not related to horse hair at all.

  • @avoqado89
    @avoqado89 4 года назад +148

    Calm matpat telling me if I eat this, it will jump back out of my mouth or nose. Thanks.

    • @kairo3201
      @kairo3201 4 года назад +8

      Thanks! I hate it.

  • @syrenet
    @syrenet 2 года назад +14

    "Dont worrry, itt'll escape your body trough your nose"
    Oh geeeee, thanks.

  • @FungusApe
    @FungusApe 2 года назад +50

    It seems that crawling out of some orifice in the human body is definitely better causing some mayhem from the inside out and taking over the brain turning you into a mindless titan

    • @Charle_Z
      @Charle_Z 2 года назад +4

      Is that an AOT reference?

    • @shiroemisukami4025
      @shiroemisukami4025 2 года назад +1

      Neh it is Zombie titan

    • @FungusApe
      @FungusApe 2 года назад

      @@Charle_Z a little bit. I made the statement because people seem to be freaking about about it escaping from your body which I assume is a bit more harmless than people think lol it could DEFINITELY be worse. At least according to what is stated in the video it is trying to leave you alone 😬😅

  • @FelisBX7
    @FelisBX7 4 года назад +105

    How hair raising...

    • @AnimalFactFiles
      @AnimalFactFiles  4 года назад +13

      We've been missing your punny sense of humor. 😉😉

    • @eggshell671
      @eggshell671 3 года назад +2

      I hate you 😆

    • @johnthijm5113
      @johnthijm5113 3 года назад

      How gross.
      I encountered 1 I’m my garden a while back.

    • @DuskAzura
      @DuskAzura 3 года назад

      “ ah, ah , ah” 🤣

  • @CatFighterForce9
    @CatFighterForce9 4 года назад +51

    lol at the scientist looking at a veil full of horse butt

    • @jhtsurvival
      @jhtsurvival 2 года назад

      Why did the horses butt have a veil on

  • @thomasace2547
    @thomasace2547 2 года назад +20

    I caught a wasp once and trapped it in a jar
    I came back maybe a few hours later to find the wasp dead and a 4 inch parasitic worm crawling it’s way around
    I was both confused, fascinated and freaked out non the less

    • @feiliormia
      @feiliormia 8 месяцев назад

      So was the worm

  • @steven5127
    @steven5127 3 года назад +24

    Me: "Mom how's the spaghetti moving? Did you put a magic into it?"

  • @charliepea
    @charliepea 2 года назад +10

    This is horror material. I feel icky with worms a lot but horsehair worms make earthworms look cute and touchable. I also can't imagine some worm suddenly came out of the nose. I wouldn't sleep for days.

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi 4 года назад +33

    Who else felt uncomfortable near the rectal area when they saw the worms leaving the host

    • @threestans9096
      @threestans9096 2 года назад +4

      i think i might prefer that, vs the other route…i dunno…not a choice i was prepared to make in my life

    • @MsPegasus1001
      @MsPegasus1001 2 года назад

      You may need to check for pin worms if your having rectal discomfort.

  • @AegisAuras
    @AegisAuras 2 года назад +74

    They thrash around with a lot of force so they have a lot of muscle for their size. If you were a bug imagine how horrible it would be having something that strong and large thrashing around inside you.
    Edit: 😳👉👈

    • @kylerae9196
      @kylerae9196 2 года назад +50

      Something strong and large thrashing around inside me, you say?

    • @drinkmydamntea1068
      @drinkmydamntea1068 2 года назад +13

      @@kylerae9196 oh my god lmao

    • @kwz9930
      @kwz9930 2 года назад +4

      @@kylerae9196 HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

    • @tomokokuroki2506
      @tomokokuroki2506 2 года назад +8

      @@kylerae9196 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @de0509
      @de0509 2 года назад +5

      @@kylerae9196 asl?

  • @tonixton9887
    @tonixton9887 2 года назад +14

    I've just learned something new. Now I'd like to know how I can forget this...

  • @matttheginger963
    @matttheginger963 2 года назад +15

    Several years ago I was in WV and happened to see a cricket acting strangely outside in the rain. When I got closer I saw a horsehair worm crawling out of the cricket. It was bizarre, and I ended up keeping the worm in a jar

  • @ajikoko8905
    @ajikoko8905 2 года назад +2

    "Boil your water, cook your food."
    As my grandpa always said.

  • @respectthedripkaren5449
    @respectthedripkaren5449 3 года назад +47

    when I was younger I would play in the irrigation ditch at my grandma's house looking for worms and I found one of these... I showed my mom and grandma and they looked it up and found out that it's a parasite... I haven't touched an irrigation ditch since.

    • @AnimalFactFiles
      @AnimalFactFiles  3 года назад +16

      Oh that was probably chilling to discover as a kid! Thankfully these are harmless to humans, though there are other parasites that could be found in irrigation ditches that DO use humans as hosts 😬

    • @AugustDreamScape
      @AugustDreamScape 3 года назад

      @@AnimalFactFiles like what??

    • @WhatsNewTodayCreator
      @WhatsNewTodayCreator 3 года назад +1

      Luckily they don't want humans

    • @bssaassin1900
      @bssaassin1900 2 года назад +1

      Our generation and generations back then: playing with bugs and critters,climbing trees and playing in ditches. Kids nowadays: barely leave the house and freak out when they see a moth

    • @tallic967
      @tallic967 2 года назад +14

      @@bssaassin1900 bAcK iN mY dAy

  • @lknanml
    @lknanml 4 года назад +13

    Thanks. Now every time a hair moves in my nose I think.. WORM!!!

  • @somefuckingretard8289
    @somefuckingretard8289 2 года назад +6

    Imagine going to Panda Express to get some noodles and as you eat, you see the noodles on your fork start to move around

  • @MissVyle382
    @MissVyle382 2 года назад +76

    As a child from Québec, me, my brother and cousins find something really similar at the crystal beach. It was floating on the water and I remember that we place it in our hands and find it very strange to see it move ! ! We never saw this before ! After that day, my brother found out it was maybe a " cheveu de mer" in french.

    • @guiguipop3658
      @guiguipop3658 2 года назад +4

      J'adore trouver d'autres Québécois dans les commentaires des vidéos! Love from MTL!

    • @MissVyle382
      @MissVyle382 2 года назад +1

      @@guiguipop3658 Hey salut ! !! Moi aussi je trouves ça toujours pas mal cool ! ! Montréal, hein ? ! 😄☺ quel coin?

    • @Flow86767
      @Flow86767 2 года назад +1

      Je vais prendre ça comme un signe d’éviter la plage pendant quelque temps 😳

  • @silenthuntersilentfisherma1157
    @silenthuntersilentfisherma1157 2 года назад +11

    I use to work at a fish factory, the horsehair worms would get caught in the nets in spring time. During the spring/summer the fisherman would grab buckets and bail loads of them out back into the water. I shit you not there would be 20lbs of these things just wiggling around. Also they would put them in their water bottles for pranks

    • @Fanrule
      @Fanrule 2 года назад +2

      What-da-FUUUUU?!! XD

    • @a-425
      @a-425 2 года назад

      Kill them and wtf dont drink them

    • @appointeddisappointment9676
      @appointeddisappointment9676 2 года назад +2

      Who the hell put spaghetti in my drinks

  • @nickmagrick7702
    @nickmagrick7702 3 года назад +3

    don't worry guys, if you swallow one its just gunna come out of your mouth or nose. No biggie see?

  • @Macadune1197
    @Macadune1197 2 года назад +6

    "It would likely make its way out of my mouth or nose". That doesn't make me feel any better.

  • @hematite108
    @hematite108 2 года назад +1

    "dont worry they will only come out of your nose or mouth" IM NEVER GOING OUTSIDE AGAIN!!

  • @blaneyblades4810
    @blaneyblades4810 2 года назад +40

    I actually had a dream when I was a young teen that I was pulling these things out of my throat. I used to find them in the runoff drains buy the cow pastures I live near. I always knew them to be parasitic but didn't know what type of animal they were parasitic to. Thanks for creeping me out again.

  • @ShelbyOnSafari
    @ShelbyOnSafari 4 года назад +56

    Be hairy afraid! 😘 especially if you’re an arthropod! Thanks for making the parasite and host relationship easy to understand 💚🤙

    • @SaraMorgan-ym6ue
      @SaraMorgan-ym6ue 10 месяцев назад

      just put em in your mouth🤣
      they taste like chicken🤣

  • @Ninnjette-
    @Ninnjette- 2 года назад +7

    I’m 37 now but when I was six years old, I found one of these in my pool. I never knew what it was until right now. So glad the mystery was solved 30 years later 😹

    • @aidenral4532
      @aidenral4532 2 года назад +1

      Lucky it didn’t crawl up your ass

  • @maxii6254
    @maxii6254 2 года назад +2

    I 100% knew this video was gonna be uncomfortable but I've decided to still watch this. I hate myself but this is a fascinating channel

  • @Catnipfumar
    @Catnipfumar 2 года назад +22

    I love nature and I love science, but this was creepy.
    New diet plan you want to have appetite control watch videos like this right before you about to eat a meal,especially a meal that calls for angel hair pasta. 😹

  • @maloydonedidit2903
    @maloydonedidit2903 2 года назад +6

    "....if you did ingest one it would, most likely, find its way out through your mouth or nose...."
    😳 and now I have to figure out how to sleep tonight....

  • @marvalice3455
    @marvalice3455 4 года назад +21

    Now making a new enemy for my rpg :)

    • @AnimalFactFiles
      @AnimalFactFiles  4 года назад +8

      On no! Woe to your player characters!! 😆😆

    • @marvalice3455
      @marvalice3455 4 года назад +7

      @@AnimalFactFiles the medusa worm! They get into humans who eat tainted pork. After they fully mature the 3 foot long worms emerge from the human body!
      They _usually don't kill you, but they cause emotional instability and leave large soars that are easily infected when they leave!

  • @darrin777
    @darrin777 2 года назад +2

    Welp, guess I'll just start drinking acid, lava, melted metal... You know, stuff that isn't freaking water containing living nightmare fuel.

  • @jenniferking4682
    @jenniferking4682 2 года назад +6

    I had a video suggesting about velvet ants and that's how I discovered this channel! But glad I did! Love the short videos that pack so much interesting and informative facts about these creepy crawlies! I'm now a subscriber 😁

  • @freshprince130
    @freshprince130 2 года назад +2

    My dog pooped these out...tons of them...I burned them in the firepit just to make sure they were GONE!

  • @Getpojke
    @Getpojke 2 года назад +2

    Excellent video, thank you. A short while ago I found a couple of these writhing around in a puddle after heavy rain & didn't have a clue as to what they were.

  • @TheCreepyArchives
    @TheCreepyArchives 2 года назад +1

    Just read the troop, I am now unfazed by worms as nothing can compare to that terrifying book.

  • @troyrussell177
    @troyrussell177 2 года назад +7

    Theres an epidemic of stray cats in my neighborhood that I keep an eye on. Take the hurt or sick cats to the vet, get every cat I can get my hands on fixed. I feed a couple who cant get food at the other places cause they get beat up. I spent the stim checks fixing 10 of these cats. Anyways, I see them eat grass every once in a while, and thats when they get worms. They all all do the same thing, eat some grass, then throw up the worms and I think they're these. There thin, white and long. The cats drink puddles and eat bugs so it makes sence.
    Right now I have a little black kitten who needs a home. Neighbors abuse these cats, hes in for a rough life if he doesn't make it put of here. His name is Sinna. He's liter trained. He's ready to be an indoor cat cause i trained him in my garage. He's all black with a white triangle on his chest. Him and his two siblings were abandoned by mama, and close to death when I found them. I found his two siblings a home. Sinna got the short end of the stick. I just recently took in another pregnant cat in too. She's not having the babies though unless I find a home for all for them too. Ive found 5 of these cats homes. I adopted 4 others. I'm doing all I can and it's still not enough. Story is much deeper than this. I'm facing charges for " threatening " an off duty cop I watched maim a kitten. My kitten, one of the 4 I adopted. I almost lost it and ended up in Prison. Instead I kept my cool and still face bogus charges😂 Feel like fucking Jon Snow. I'm just trying to do what's right and I somehow always end up punished for it.

    • @marks6663
      @marks6663 2 года назад +2

      God bless you.

    • @kingwalz
      @kingwalz 2 года назад +1

      wow

    • @troyrussell177
      @troyrussell177 2 года назад

      @@marks6663 thank you mark🙏
      He already has, I'm alive🙏

    • @tyleenhawthorne5073
      @tyleenhawthorne5073 2 года назад

      I don’t know if this is a personal question to you but, what state are you in?

    • @troyrussell177
      @troyrussell177 2 года назад

      @@tyleenhawthorne5073 not at all. I'm in New Jersey

  • @benracer
    @benracer 2 года назад +2

    Honestly
    I hate how my first encounter of them on the internet I had was of some art involving them.
    Thankfully, your video helped me overcome the anxiety the work induced in me

  • @dapper4459
    @dapper4459 2 года назад +3

    Thanks, it's Halloween and I needed the nightmare fuel

  • @gavinmills6825
    @gavinmills6825 2 года назад +2

    When I was young I lived near a Beck and often saw these worms. About 3 inches and so thin they looked like hair. Thanks to this it’s finally made sense as these hairs were writhing about on my hand when I caught them 👍

  • @FoeApple
    @FoeApple 2 года назад

    When I was a kid o scooped a bucket of water up from a lake and watched in amazement as this tiny thin as piece of hair swam around in it. I never knew what it was until just now, thank you.

  • @TheSterlingArcher16
    @TheSterlingArcher16 2 года назад +8

    Yea I’m gonna have to go with “kill it with fire”.

  • @schrodingersgat4344
    @schrodingersgat4344 2 года назад

    Worm: I must grow inside you.
    Bug: If you encyst.

  • @Aut0KAD
    @Aut0KAD 2 года назад +2

    I have heard apocryphal stories of home remedies (for people who feeling sick and maybe infected with parasite) that saw worms coming out peoples noses. I always thought it was fake but wonder if there was something to it

  • @sadiemiddok2588
    @sadiemiddok2588 2 года назад +2

    I found seven of these swimming in a river. I took them to the rainger station and she said they were rare and found in that volume was extremely unlikely

  • @elijahbishop87
    @elijahbishop87 2 года назад

    Me watching parasite absolutely butcher a grass hopper while silently shaking with my mouth open.

  • @american7169
    @american7169 2 года назад +3

    First time I saw 1 it was coming out of a cricket, over 2ft long! How and where did it all fit in a tiny cricket?!?

  • @NyeonCat
    @NyeonCat 2 года назад +1

    The way he said accidentally swallowed adult horse hairworm and finding its way to get out in mouth or nose making me think that horrible sci fi movie named "LIFE"😫

  • @gljonesy42
    @gljonesy42 3 года назад +4

    I can only imagine the pain they go thru I kinda makes me think of the guy with the bomb in his stomach on Batman

    • @MsPegasus1001
      @MsPegasus1001 2 года назад +1

      At least it was in his stomach in "Man on fire" he had one in his rectum.

  • @themaskedbanana9714
    @themaskedbanana9714 2 года назад +1

    About a year ago, I kill a cricket that somehow found its way from my basement, up two flights of stairs, went down my hallway, into my bathtub in my master bedroom. I was super confused on why it specifically went to my tub. I killed it and out popped this 3 inch worm. I had zero idea what it was, but I knew it was using the cricket as a host. I balled the worm up in a tissue and set it on fire. I was worried it would somehow find a way to my pups.
    Thanks for the information.

  • @galaxyofreesesking2124
    @galaxyofreesesking2124 2 года назад +8

    I once saw one burrow into some soil in a garden, while I was digging up a small hole. Is this a common or rare phenomenon, or was it a similar looking animal of a different phylum?

    • @hideousruin
      @hideousruin 2 года назад +4

      That's called an earthworm.

    • @Crow0567
      @Crow0567 2 года назад

      @@hideousruin nah, it still couldve been a horse hair worm. It easily could have been the right size/thickness to be one.

    • @jackalope_hunter
      @jackalope_hunter 2 года назад +2

      it was an earthworm. they're common in soil and very beneficial to the environment. keep them in your lawn and/or garden!

    • @galaxyofreesesking2124
      @galaxyofreesesking2124 2 года назад +1

      @@jackalope_hunter Actually it did not resemble an earth worm at all. It was thin, very shiny, jet black, and it moved really quickly into the soil after I exposed it. I wasn't sure if it was an animal or if I was hallucinating.

  • @LikeWagon
    @LikeWagon 2 года назад +1

    The fact he said the horsehair worms can be escape from human mouth and nose is like the obvious idea for horror movies, especially zombie games.

  • @thesilentworld9556
    @thesilentworld9556 2 года назад +3

    that was why I refused to eat any shellfish and snail. These are very very unclean food!

  • @noral6528
    @noral6528 2 года назад +1

    I was forced to learn about this when at school a cricket was stepped on and one of these demons twice the size of the insect climbed out of its corpse.

  • @ragingmcqueen
    @ragingmcqueen 2 года назад +7

    Could of gone on with my life happily without knowing the last fact in the video...

  • @thatthieff
    @thatthieff 2 года назад

    Every time I slightly forget about this, A VIDEO POPS UP TO REMIND ME.

  • @Col28
    @Col28 4 года назад +4

    Well, that's just creepy!
    Thanks for the video.

  • @kittyday1402
    @kittyday1402 2 года назад

    I found a horsehair worm in a puddle in our road(dirt), so I took it home & my mom freaked out & made me throw it away. I will always remember it.

  • @sandjaiasarfi4506
    @sandjaiasarfi4506 3 года назад +3

    Wont your stomach acid kill it?

  • @xylsky1300
    @xylsky1300 2 года назад +1

    The horse hair thing remind me of a belief my Mixtec people believe in but its about human hair. My parents used to say if your hair falls off or you cut it and throw it in water after a while like days, it'll turn into a snake. As a kid that scared me but obviously as i got older I knew it was a myth of sort.

  • @amirrashed771
    @amirrashed771 3 года назад +4

    time to move to antarctica

  • @comical4609
    @comical4609 3 года назад +1

    Also in your recommended videos: "How do Flamethrowers work?"

  • @madscientistme
    @madscientistme 2 года назад +2

    Ah belongs in the burn at sight category

  • @m.g.trazor417
    @m.g.trazor417 2 года назад +1

    Parasites wig me out, worm-types definitely are more aesthetically disturbing than other types. Despite that, I'm going to sit here and torture myself watching this, learning what these critters do and even when you say at the end, humans need not worry, I'm still going to be in the fetal position, trying not to sob in terror.

  • @llluminatixx7
    @llluminatixx7 2 года назад

    Almost positive I seen one of these in a creek in west Virginia. Spooked me as a kid.

  • @Highly-TrainedProfessional
    @Highly-TrainedProfessional 2 года назад +1

    I remembered finding one of these creature under a rock I genuinely though it was a normal worms until it started wiggling like crazy it's honestly horrified me

  • @colonialgutentagen9736
    @colonialgutentagen9736 2 года назад

    I tried to sneeze so hard until I heard him say “ they will just crawl out of you nose or mouth” I don’t want to sneeze now

  • @alienallen7536
    @alienallen7536 2 года назад

    It's all fun and games until you realise that's not spaghetti stuck in your throat lol moments later you open your mouth in the mirror and see a black liquorice lace frantically wiggling like FREE MEEEEE

  • @nathanielhoward1498
    @nathanielhoward1498 2 года назад +1

    I was confident that you overestimated your ability to creep me out but no, I’m not THAT strong.This is terrifying! … and gross!

  • @karenparker7830
    @karenparker7830 Год назад

    "If you accidentally ingest a horsehair worm 🪱, don't worry, it sill find it's way out of your nose or mouth." Me: noooooo problem???!!!!

  • @samuelseiichiinoue7791
    @samuelseiichiinoue7791 2 года назад

    That's an... accurate way to say to not worry, huh?
    Not, even a bit, gentle though.

  • @JDoe001
    @JDoe001 2 года назад

    “And because it’s freaking Antartica” 😂

  • @thomasfield8543
    @thomasfield8543 2 года назад

    That last clip of the worm leaving the grasshoppers body... gross. 😂

  • @canedewey756
    @canedewey756 2 года назад

    I saw a grasshopper moving like he had rabies, I figured he might have a parasite

  • @cryptokinku6824
    @cryptokinku6824 2 года назад

    Now I know what that weird wriggly thing I found on the bathroom floor at church as a kid is

  • @chrisvesy7245
    @chrisvesy7245 2 года назад

    My Sister & I used to catch these worms down at the creek...our Dad said they were Horse Hairs that come alive in water...it wasn't until decades later when I remembered them & Googled...LOL!! I didn't think hair could come alive but when I was 5 🤷‍♂️ anything was possible!

  • @yuggoth777
    @yuggoth777 Год назад

    Thanking God every day that I'm not an invertebrate. The parasites vertebrates get are so much milder. "Oooh you're gonna get big worms in your gut or brain if you don't clean and cook your food" compared to a literal xenomorph you get by basically spinning a roulette every time you eat

  • @chrisoher
    @chrisoher 2 года назад

    It blows my mind it can rewire the hosts brain to thinking it was all okay to jump into the water and drown. Just imagine what it can do to us.

  • @brirandall2894
    @brirandall2894 2 года назад +1

    I live in Australia and about 7 or 8 years ago my husband and I went fishing, he lost his lure for this type of fishing on a snag and didn't have any spare lures or bait, so we started digging for "normal garden worms" with no success he found a huntsman in the bark of a tree and whilst I hate them my hubby isn't bothered by them so he killed it and was going to try catch a fish with that 🤢🤮 anyway...he was preparing the hook and line when I noticed this brown long "horse hair worm" crawling out of it's arse, I freaked the fuck out and watched it slowly come out more and more as it was coiling up and so naturally my hubby grab a stick and dragged it out. I shit you not, it would have been a couple of foot long!! And until I just came across this video,I had no idea what this was and just assumed it was some rare parasitic creature. I kinda felt sorry for the huntsman as much as I hate them. Knowing that this disgusting thing was taking up it's whole body. So essentially my partner kinda spared the spider to have a miserable life. Too bad if we caught a fish on this bait and them consumed the fish that may have been the next host. Gross is all I can say. Cheers 👍🇦🇺

  • @indyscribable
    @indyscribable 2 года назад +1

    Damn imagine eating something and suddenly a worm just starts coming out your nose 😱

  • @maddoxcarvin7356
    @maddoxcarvin7356 Год назад

    Imagining this thing come bustin out my chest and exponentially growing into a parasitic alien…

  • @sum-dum_nerd
    @sum-dum_nerd 2 года назад

    i read the comments and i was like "aw shucks the surprise was ruined." and then after i heard it, it didnt seemed ruined anymore.

  • @JedediahCyrus
    @JedediahCyrus 2 года назад +2

    This is the sole reason why I will never try insects. I know cultures around the world usually have some form of insect like dish but the fact that these parasites can live in most is an absolute nope for me. Horrifying.

    • @yesican2012
      @yesican2012 2 года назад

      This is reason enough to make SURE edible insects are grown in a controlled environment. The body doesn't care where its protein comes from, as long as it gets it.
      With disasters increasing worldwide, along with animal die offs, insect farming may become our major source for protein.
      We can't get rid of them. The FDA approves a certain percentage of insect parts in our food: rodent hair & poop, mold, insect heads, mites, maggots, etc.
      So, whether we admit it or not, we all have been eating insects in one form or another.😏

    • @marks6663
      @marks6663 2 года назад

      @@yesican2012 The FDA is also an incredibly corrupt organization in bed with the biggest corporations.
      BTW, there are no increasing disasters. Look at the numbers. Hurricanes are actually down from their historic norm. And there are no animal "die offs" that are not also normal. You don't need animal protein. I haven't had animal protein in 30 years. Became a vegan and much healthier for it.

    • @yesican2012
      @yesican2012 2 года назад

      @@marks6663
      No question the FDA is corrupt. But, no increase in disasters Worldwide!?
      You are in for a very unpleasant surprise.

  • @kevinreese8224
    @kevinreese8224 2 года назад

    I guess the infected hosts get a little payback if it’s eaten 🤣

  • @horned_doe
    @horned_doe 2 месяца назад

    Today I found some in my gecko’s drink bowl- came from the crickets in the vivarium. I gagged.

  • @Joemama-ov9me
    @Joemama-ov9me 2 года назад

    One of these took control of a cricket once and it jumped into my pool. It freaked my mother out because she thought it was just a giant strand of cricket shit lol. One of the weirdest creatures out there.

  • @honeytoone8610
    @honeytoone8610 Год назад +2

    And they want us to eat crickets!!!!!