Recent Examples on the WebBrain-eating amoebas, blood flukes, leeches, and the worms that cause lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, are all parasites.—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024 The blood fluke that saved Formosa.—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2014 The creatures are also are known to host blood flukes—or parasitic flatworms—that can infect endangered loggerhead sea turtles.—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
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