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[ebonlock]

Two things that I believe say a lot about me as a person. One, I went out to the dumpster yesterday to take the trash out and noticed one of the bags in the nearest one...moving. Not just moving, really moving. I immediately walk up close enough to figure out it's a squirrel that has somehow gotten caught in a trash bag. I start giggling and then cooing to it, "Ok, ok, I'll get you out of there." Meanwhile it's freaking out and I'm having a heckuva time figuring out where the hole is. Finally I do and lift the bag sufficiently for the squirrel to get out. It races out, pauses just long enough to glance back at me, then took off. I couldn't stop laughing. I am apparently fated to have weird encounters with squirrels...and I kinda like it.

Second, my new favorite tv show is "Monsters Inside Me", an Animal Planet series on deadly parasites. I took a course on parasitology in college and was absolutely fascinated. I know the show is probably supposed to gross viewers out but I just think it's incredibly cool. Especially the brain eating parasites like the rat lung worm. I could watch this show all day!

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[canellaphile.livejournal.com]

I admire that you can watch that show. Because every time I see it (usually on my DVR shows) I have to fast forward x3. It makes me scream a little in terror.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I have a sick fascination with the critters and nothing makes me happier than mentioning the parasite that lays its eggs in water chestnuts while eating Chinese food with friends :)

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

Back when he had a job, Steve would sometimes tell his supervisor that he had to leave early because he was having a medical emergency. When they asked him what it was, he would tell them he had a guinea worm, Baghdad blight, a prolapsed uterus, necrotizing acidophilus ... you name it. I'll have to mention the rat lungworm to him so he can file it away for future use. He loves this stuff.

[reluctantgenius.livejournal.com]

Everybody needs a spirit animal. Perhaps Tapeworm is yours.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going with squirrels on that one.

[reluctantgenius.livejournal.com]

And methinks certain housecats might have you as theirs.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The "rat lung worm" really does it for me.