A Tapeworm Out Of A Rectal Orrifice, Worms Out Of An Eyeball

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And now this:

A live snail hatched inside a Calif. boy's elbow abscess. He nicknamed it 'Turbo.'

By Eric Ting, SFGATE Published 5:05 pm, Tuesday, February 13, 2018

While examining the pus, Khait and his colleagues stumbled upon a "hard object" measuring under .02 inches in diameter.

The object turned out to be a live sea snail, later identified as a heckered periwinkle marine snail.

Khait said he and his colleagues did not realize that the snail was alive when they found it.

The doctors believe when the boy picked up the scrape, he somehow got the snail's egg embedded in his elbow, meaning that the critter hatched inside of the boy.

"The unique characteristics of this intertidal mollusk appear to have enabled it to survive in the subcutaneous tissue for a week, despite the hostile environment of a skin abscess," Khait wrote.

Khait also reported that the boy took the snail home as a pet and named it "Turbo," but Turbo died after one day of living outside of the boy's elbow.

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The boy's parents were concerned that he was very shy around other children. They hoped this experience might help him come out of his shell.

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Who knows?

It might have made a great therapy animal.