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Who's afraid of #nematodes ⁉️
They are everywhere, salt, fresh, soil, polar, tropics, mountain tops to bottom of the sea (even to the Titanic level)
They outnumber all animals in both individual and species counts
They are 90% of all animals on the ocean floor
In the topsoil there are 60 billion for each human
There are 1 million per square meter and are 80% of all animals on earth
Have an important role in many ecosystems
Some #roundworms cause #Trichinosis 👹 YES, be afraid
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/static-electricity-parasite-nematodes
The small electric charge generated by a moving #insect is enough to affect the trajectory of a parasitic #nematode’s leap so it lands right on its host.
Static electricity helps parasitic nematodes glom onto victims
The small electric charge generated by a moving insect is enough to affect the trajectory of a parasitic nematode’s leap so it lands right on its host.James R. Riordon (Science News Magazine)