Reposted by Beth Marie Mole
if you don't want to read about being stranded in Iceland and instead want to freak yourself out, @bethmariem.bsky.social provides some impressive nightmare bait/a wonderful lesson in parasitology: arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
arstechnica.com
Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test
There is no single definitive test for these worms, but the tail is fairly convincing.