Re: Time to go for a swim
- From: Su Solomon <susol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:26:53 +1100
On 12/11/05 12:01 PM, in article
1131757279.167290.60900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rmacfarl"
<rmacfarl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> spiznet wrote:
>> Finally an explanation as to how humans learned to swim!!
>
> Referenced in Geographica section of latest National Geographic: Guinea
> worm -
>
> "
> How do people get Guinea worm disease?
>
> People get infected when they drink standing water containing a tiny
> water flea that is infected with the even tinier larvae of the Guinea
> worm. Over the course of a year in the human body, the immature worms
> pierce the intestinal wall, grow to adulthood, and mate. The males die,
> and the females make their way through the body, maturing to a length
> of as much as 3 feet, and ending up near the surface of the skin,
> usually in the lower limbs. The worms cause swelling and painful,
> burning blisters. To soothe the burning, sufferers tend to go into the
> water, where the blisters burst, allowing the worm to emerge and
> release a new generation of millions of larvae. In the water, the
> larvae are swallowed by small water fleas, and the cycle begins again.
> "
> http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/guinea.html
>
Ah ha, now we have the worm theory of aquatimania : )
We became bipedal because we had to walk in the water, the worms made us do
it!
Love it Ross, love it ; )
.
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