The Bugs That Lay Eggs All Over Your Body

For some bug babies, your body is home sweet home. Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple. Meanwhile, thousands of young loa loa worms can travel throughout your body —even across your eyeball! Lets explore all the awful ways these creepy crawlies have children beneath your skin.

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The Bugs That Lay Eggs All Over Your Body

[smilee_locc]

I could have lived my whole life not needing to know this

[dionnaly]

Wow. YouTube just made me paranoid of everything now

[BPSingh]

Who’s body felt uneasy and pain inside after hearing this?

[kyleefaren]

Oh god why did I click this and watch it all the way to the end

[Riolunator]

The worms crawl in
The worms crawl out
The worms play pinochle on your snout.
They eat your eyes
They eat your nose
They eat the jam between your toes
And when your bones decay and rot
The worms are left and you are not.

A song my grandma taught me when I was 6. She is a twisted person.

Edit: my grandma has passed back in December so now I shall carry on her memory by singing this in public randomly to creep people out

[tammyle]

im too scared to eat and walk on sand now....

[z.deutch]

*True story:* I never knew cockroaches could crawl into human ears until it happened to my ex's sister. She went to hospital complaining she felt movement and pain inside her ear. When they checked, they found a small roach trying to burrow into her ear canal. To get it out, they had to quickly kill the roach without scaring it (or it'd burrow harder and damage her ear drum). My ex didn't tell me what they used to kill it, but the roach died and they used thin tweezers to pull it out. After he told me about her experience, I wore ear plugs to sleep for 2 weeks 😅
I felt bad for his sister, her siblings would tease her about it.

[alamantix]

I work at a veterinary hospital, and you would not believe how large botfly larvae can become if they are trapped under a dog’s skin. It’s absolutely disgusting removing them.

[hypergiantstar]

“BUT the parasites can be helpful, so maybe we can use-“

*nO.*

[yakyakjack]

I didn’t want to click on this video but my mind was like,
“It could happen”

[blazingguyop]

After seeing the "MONSTERS INSIDE ME" show
I started to fear every insect's in the planet

[jimmy]

Me: man I’m glad I can finally relax, stress free🤩

YouTube Algorithm: yea……nah😑

[shadowyo]

I’m scared to sleep or stand in one place and not move around like a maniac

[leonardotrancozo]

The tape worm larvae can only get to other organs when the eggs are eaten, not when you have the worm in your guts (taeniasis). That only happens when humans are the accidental primary host, taking the place of cows and suines (cysticercosis).

[wallrider]

“Bugs under your skin” makes a lot of sense now.

[soonlet]

Woah I distinctly remember seeing a stranger with loa loa worms on their eyes but didn't think much of it. The only reason why I remember it is because I was creeped out when I saw it moved! Worms NEVER crossed my mind and I didn't care to know either, but now I'm horrified! Holy sheet. Good thing that was YEARS ago and I DIDN'T SEE ANY WORMS ON MY EYEBALLS SO I'M FINE

[RiceSolid]

Life was fine until I watched this,

I’m staying home for the rest of my life

[idkyourname]

After seeing this my stomach and body felt like there was something moving and then I freaked out loll

[izzyjzy]

That's why I cover my whole body when sleeping

[vietnamesecat]

Thanks... I'm allergic to everything now