tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post7794320508720367249..comments2024-03-27T19:39:11.723-04:00Comments on Parasite of the Day: April 19 - Placentanema gigantissmaSusan Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-35248597616100807902019-11-27T15:17:41.815-05:002019-11-27T15:17:41.815-05:00Very interesting.
I like to imagine that the eggs...Very interesting.<br /><br />I like to imagine that the eggs are eaten by deep sea scavengers which are in turn eaten by squid and then the final host, sperm whale?<br /><br />Very mysterious and interesting.Lian2https://www.blogger.com/profile/12392833588101814284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-86465987976771077402016-05-31T23:18:45.727-04:002016-05-31T23:18:45.727-04:00Well I would imagine I would need som type of inte...Well I would imagine I would need som type of intermediate hostJon shulskienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-62961253949116947332013-05-16T10:21:11.777-04:002013-05-16T10:21:11.777-04:00I think it'll be really interesting to know if...I think it'll be really interesting to know if it has any intermediate/paratenic host (especially if they are scavengers that might feed on the decomposing placenta!). But then, it might also be a vertically-transmitted parasite...Tommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-66906513232806073562013-05-16T10:17:52.451-04:002013-05-16T10:17:52.451-04:00I'm guessing they discovered it while looking ...I'm guessing they discovered it while looking in the placenta of a dead sperm whale.Tommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-23032382774226057492013-05-16T10:12:45.124-04:002013-05-16T10:12:45.124-04:00Was just reading in the "Diseases of Marine A...Was just reading in the "Diseases of Marine Animals" book that they think that it might be transmitted after the placenta is expelled after birth, with eggs or larvae released into the water from the decomposing female. How it gets into the next sperm whale is anyone's guess!Susan Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-25672508616021144642013-05-16T10:00:38.040-04:002013-05-16T10:00:38.040-04:00how did they discover it?how did they discover it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-46399688283945058362012-06-08T21:01:57.478-04:002012-06-08T21:01:57.478-04:00No one knows at the moment - as you can imagine, t...No one knows at the moment - as you can imagine, this worm is probably one of the most difficult organism to study on this planet - living in such an odd environment.<br /><br />We only know that it exists - everything else including it life-cycle, ecology, how common/rare it might before, host-parasite interactions are completely unknownTommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-51588634695345527542012-06-08T10:10:11.973-04:002012-06-08T10:10:11.973-04:00Is it possible the parasite is transmitted in uter...Is it possible the parasite is transmitted in utero from mother to daughter?Beth Skwareckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211386112225023978noreply@blogger.com