ZD Parasites
@loveyourparasites.bsky.social
MS Student:Applied Ecology/Conservation Biology- Frostburg State University
-Parasite communites in Common and Red-throated Loon.
-Seabird Parasites
BS Biology- Northern Arizona University
Zoology |Ornithology| Parasites | Conservation
-Parasite communites in Common and Red-throated Loon.
-Seabird Parasites
BS Biology- Northern Arizona University
Zoology |Ornithology| Parasites | Conservation
For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow and need a conversation starter, turkey parasites are always a hit topic. Talk about Gapeworms, and turkey feather lice with weird heads. Your family will love you. #parasites #turkey #birds #Thanksgiving #lice #worm
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow and need a conversation starter, turkey parasites are always a hit topic. Talk about Gapeworms, and turkey feather lice with weird heads. Your family will love you. #parasites #turkey #birds #Thanksgiving #lice #worm
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ICYMI: By me in January
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator
The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
therevelator.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ICYMI: By me in January
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
Friendly reminder that there are about 86 billion nematodes for every person on earth. If you haven’t named yours yet, I’d start that soon.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Friendly reminder that there are about 86 billion nematodes for every person on earth. If you haven’t named yours yet, I’d start that soon.
Placozoans are weird.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Placozoans are weird.
Hell yeah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IM...
The VelociPastor 2 | OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Velocipastor - the Movie
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November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hell yeah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IM...
I don’t want to get too excited but if my calculations are correct, Clycustera tapeworms and Phagicola trematodes don’t really dig each other.
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I don’t want to get too excited but if my calculations are correct, Clycustera tapeworms and Phagicola trematodes don’t really dig each other.
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How about some spiky spiders tonight? This one is Micrathena acuta, a spiny orbweaver found in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. It is believed that the spines serve as a defense from birds and even predatory wasps.
Cuyabeno Reserve, 2024
Cuyabeno Reserve, 2024
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
How about some spiky spiders tonight? This one is Micrathena acuta, a spiny orbweaver found in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. It is believed that the spines serve as a defense from birds and even predatory wasps.
Cuyabeno Reserve, 2024
Cuyabeno Reserve, 2024
Tonight's movie!
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tonight's movie!
It's October again! Time for my annual horror movie marathon. I'm going for a creature feature theme this year. The real challenge is, can I find 31 monster movies that I haven't seen?
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's October again! Time for my annual horror movie marathon. I'm going for a creature feature theme this year. The real challenge is, can I find 31 monster movies that I haven't seen?
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From the current WJO issue: Observations of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) consuming charred wood. #ornithology
Observations of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) consuming charred wood
The consumption of materials which do not provide sustenance is relatively common in the animal world. Geophagy, the consumption of earth, is the most widespread; however, eating ash, charcoal, pla...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From the current WJO issue: Observations of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) consuming charred wood. #ornithology
Mind controlling lice!! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
See Emile Hirsch in Horror-Comedy ‘Lice’ (Exclusive First Look)
When a mysterious parasite starts infecting high school students, burnt out science teacher Mr. Shanker (Hirsch) takes matters into his own hands.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Mind controlling lice!! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Much like #JurassicWorldRebirth, perhaps an analysis of snake #parasites is needed when this move comes out. m.youtube.com/watch?v=az8M...
ANACONDA – Official Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Much like #JurassicWorldRebirth, perhaps an analysis of snake #parasites is needed when this move comes out. m.youtube.com/watch?v=az8M...
This is gross. It belongs in a museum! stpeterising.com/home/a-76-mi...
A 76 million year old dinosaur will sit atop a parking garage in downtown St. Pete's EDGE District
Imagine stepping out of your car and finding yourself face-to-face with a creature that roamed the planet 76 million years ago. Tampa-based developer Ellison Development has unveiled plans for a h...
stpeterising.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is gross. It belongs in a museum! stpeterising.com/home/a-76-mi...
I wonder if ancient people were concerned that their kids were spending too much time with their eyes glued to petroglyphs.
September 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I wonder if ancient people were concerned that their kids were spending too much time with their eyes glued to petroglyphs.
Master's defense officially scheduled in November, just before Thanksgiving break! Assuming nothing goes wrong or any more delays, of course. Shit's getting real.
August 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Master's defense officially scheduled in November, just before Thanksgiving break! Assuming nothing goes wrong or any more delays, of course. Shit's getting real.
Does anyone else think about how many times John the Baptist contracted Schistosomiasis?
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Does anyone else think about how many times John the Baptist contracted Schistosomiasis?
The first human case of #screwworm in the US has been confirmed! It's interesting that the first case is in the state where I currently live. The parasite gods are speaking to me. #parasites www.reuters.com/business/env...
Exclusive: First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say
A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
www.reuters.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The first human case of #screwworm in the US has been confirmed! It's interesting that the first case is in the state where I currently live. The parasite gods are speaking to me. #parasites www.reuters.com/business/env...
I'm so glad I study parasites these days instead of the 70s-90s, because studying worms, mind control, and memories is a perfect recipe to end up on the target list of the Unabomber.
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm so glad I study parasites these days instead of the 70s-90s, because studying worms, mind control, and memories is a perfect recipe to end up on the target list of the Unabomber.
Phytosaurs are my favorite group of extinct reptiles, so for #FossilFriday here’s a throwback to when we found parasites in a coprolite possibly from a phytosaur!! #science #fossils #paleontology #parasites journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
First discovery of parasite eggs in a vertebrate coprolite of the Late Triassic in Thailand
A paleoparasitological investigation of a vertebrate coprolite from the Huai Hin Lat Formation (Upper Triassic) was carried out. Five morphotypes of potential parasite eggs or sporocysts were identifi...
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August 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Phytosaurs are my favorite group of extinct reptiles, so for #FossilFriday here’s a throwback to when we found parasites in a coprolite possibly from a phytosaur!! #science #fossils #paleontology #parasites journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Mosquitoes deserve love too 🦟
August 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mosquitoes deserve love too 🦟
IDK why but whenever I show people monogeneans they always make phallic jokes. I think they’re the least penis looking type of worm. Go look at Trypanorhynch tapeworms and then try to tell me you think monogeneans look like a dick.
August 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
IDK why but whenever I show people monogeneans they always make phallic jokes. I think they’re the least penis looking type of worm. Go look at Trypanorhynch tapeworms and then try to tell me you think monogeneans look like a dick.