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The pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) can grow to be more than 20 feet long inside the human intestine, where it attaches to the intestinal wall using the 4 suckers on its scolex, which is only 1 ...

Some people have suggested the scolex is the head of the tapeworm. But others have pointed out that while the tapeworm is still in its cyst, the hooks actually form on the other end of its body.

Denver (by way of Oakland)'s Scolex and San Jose's Mortuous make death metal of the filthiest strain. The riffs drip with slime, the vocals seem to spew from their throats. It's only fitting the two ...

I’m sure you’d like to pretend that you have nothing in common with a tapeworm. A tapeworm starts off as an egg which then develops into a cyst. Inside the cyst is a ball-shaped creature with hooks ...