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  • A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, Aaron shares some facts about truly horrifying parasites! Sleep tight...
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Komentáře • 431

  • @ToxPhy
    @ToxPhy Před 9 lety +164

    Well, I'm never going outside again. I knoow of a place where you never get harmed. A maaagical place with maaagical charms. Indoors, indoors, iiindooooors. Take it away penny!

    • @NikolajLepka
      @NikolajLepka Před 9 lety +19

      randman you mean the place where bed-bugs, flies and spiders live?

    • @virgillewis6240
      @virgillewis6240 Před 9 lety +10

      That penny has the most beautiful voice. 😭😭😭😭

    • @epicjakman
      @epicjakman Před 9 lety

      +Mikolaimcwhateverman we have guns

    • @Darxide23
      @Darxide23 Před 9 lety

      randman This is the least nightmare fueled thing I've seen about parasites. It was pretty tame. You should spend an hour or so with Google on the subject.

    • @TeaBurn
      @TeaBurn Před 9 lety

      Nikolaj Lepka don't forget the possibility of moths, cockroaches, ants, and house centipedes.

  • @Jandau85
    @Jandau85 Před 9 lety +153

    Well, that was 10 minutes of NOPE...
    "If you haven't had enough parasite information..." Yeah, I think I've had quite enough, thank you. Now excuse me while I go watch "2 girls 1 cup" and "Blue Waffle" pictures to cleanse my palate...

    • @crazypaladin3924
      @crazypaladin3924 Před 9 lety

      Jandau85 All right, that's it, I'm out of the world.

    • @woodedroger2728
      @woodedroger2728 Před 9 lety

      Some red pancakes would help

    • @Mikyate
      @Mikyate Před 9 lety

      Jandau85 I'm so going to regret looking these up again.

    • @forbernard8113
      @forbernard8113 Před 9 lety

      Blue waffles are fake...

    • @Jandau85
      @Jandau85 Před 9 lety +1

      *****
      Then my work here is done...

  • @gilby123
    @gilby123 Před 9 lety +32

    Makes me miss watching the show "Monsters Inside Me." Parasites are both terrifying and extremely interesting to me. It's amazing how an amoeba, something so tiny, can take down something like a human, millions of times its size.

    • @danheidel
      @danheidel Před 9 lety +4

      Craig Brooks Millions? Try hundreds of trillions. And compare that to a virus which usually clock in at a good million times less massive than an ameoba.

    • @madison3514
      @madison3514 Před 9 lety +1

      I love that show! And untold stories of the er lol

    • @mytparty
      @mytparty Před 9 lety

      Craig Brooks I used to watch that show a lot! I was a little kid when I saw a lot of it and it kind of freaked me out for a long time.

  • @teddybeast
    @teddybeast Před 9 lety +11

    I am never going out side ever again... Now if you will excuse me, I need to go shower in boiling water....

  • @jesskidding_77
    @jesskidding_77 Před 9 lety +6

    "You made it the whole way? You rock!" and disgusted. Very much disgusted. 😭

  • @Goabnb94
    @Goabnb94 Před 9 lety +4

    Conclusions?
    >Don't swim anywhere
    >Don't touch anything
    >Don't get bitten by anything
    >Don't get a wound
    >Don't eat anything
    >Don't drink anything
    >Don't breathe anything

  • @AnotherGradus
    @AnotherGradus Před 9 lety +33

    Funny how the Intelligent Design camp doesn't have much to say about the wonderful world of parasites.

    • @epicpolyphony
      @epicpolyphony Před 9 lety +44

      Paul Keefer actually, they do. Don't turn this video into a religion flame war. There's no need for that.

    • @Skip6235
      @Skip6235 Před 9 lety +13

      Paul Keefer nice b8, m8, I r8 8/8

    • @Gaia_Gaistar
      @Gaia_Gaistar Před 9 lety

      They probably do but they call parasites demons.

    • @heatherrichardson3640
      @heatherrichardson3640 Před 9 lety +2

      And people mock the intelligent design types for commenting on videos like this, when here we have a prime example of provocation. Whatever your views are, it's free speech, people.

    • @Kaalyn_HOW
      @Kaalyn_HOW Před 9 lety +3

      Heather Richardson While I agree with your overall sentiment... Thaaaaat's not what "free speech" means or how it's implemented. Also, this is the internet, which isn't American, thus no "free speech" law of any kind governs allllll those of different countries watching videos and commenting.

  • @isgdre
    @isgdre Před 9 lety +43

    The worse thing about this episode is that these are just the parasites that we know about. I'm sure there are plenty worse out there. Oh Yeah :(

    • @DuizhangLu
      @DuizhangLu Před 9 lety +8

      isgdre So, let's talk about botflies...

    • @gilby123
      @gilby123 Před 9 lety

      isgdre Oh yeah there are. I highly encourage not googling on it if the stuff mentioned here made you quesy

    • @b4ux1t3-tech
      @b4ux1t3-tech Před 9 lety

      DuizhangLu Let's not and burn *everything* to get rid of them instead.

    • @tatumgross9391
      @tatumgross9391 Před 9 lety +1

      I thought the worst part was that John Green wasn't hosting.

  • @TheOldenGoat
    @TheOldenGoat Před 9 lety +4

    *gets spagetti*
    *watches youtube*
    "Hey! Another video! Parasites? Eh, why not?!"
    *sees worms*
    *looks at spagetti on fork*
    "NOPE!"

  • @epicpolyphony
    @epicpolyphony Před 9 lety +6

    The fluke goes through a "host" of animals, you say? hehehe, nice pun :)

  • @paradox...
    @paradox... Před 9 lety +4

    "You can feel them in your eye!"
    NOPE! I'm done. Bye.

  • @cpoterry
    @cpoterry Před 9 lety +4

    10:00....yes, I see...*precedes to light everything on fire*...we'll be safe now

  • @younglord2140
    @younglord2140 Před 9 lety +5

    This truly makes me want to lock myself inside a bubble for the rest of my life. 😶

  • @thesadvoyager
    @thesadvoyager Před 9 lety +27

    Lovely.

  • @masterYoshimistsu
    @masterYoshimistsu Před 9 lety +3

    My whole body started to itch while watching this episode.

  • @zachdirksen8852
    @zachdirksen8852 Před 9 lety +14

    Rhett and link did this yesterday. Y'ALL GET READY TO PUPATE!!

  • @Aeturnalis
    @Aeturnalis Před 4 lety +1

    Every new fact I learn about bedbugs makes me realize how similar they really are to Floridians.

  • @AtrumNoxProductions
    @AtrumNoxProductions Před 9 lety +10

    Episode 314?! I was expecting more from you MentalFloss.
    Why not facts about pi?
    Why not 3.14 facts about pi. And cut to credits .14th of the way through the last fact.

  • @aislinga3748
    @aislinga3748 Před 9 lety +1

    That was terrifyingly fascinating.
    Terrifying when humans were mentioned, fascinating when we were not.

  • @lisapintok2285
    @lisapintok2285 Před 9 lety

    one of the more entertaining episodes of mental floss. i love it when Aaron gets super sarcastic

  • @TFZoia
    @TFZoia Před 9 lety +4

    #01 - welp, that's enough internet for today.

  • @marcuskaiser4770
    @marcuskaiser4770 Před 9 lety +1

    These are all terrifying, but the most terrifying parasite to me will always be the Ceti Eel from Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan

  • @ProfessionalSealclubber
    @ProfessionalSealclubber Před 9 lety +1

    This guy is awesome at explaining things.. best ever i seen. 11 thumbs up!

  • @MsKnitsAlot
    @MsKnitsAlot Před 9 lety

    Well, I already knew all of that information, but it was a good refresher! I guess I'll just have to head over to Healthcare Triage to watch more!

  • @julesthebunny
    @julesthebunny Před 9 lety

    Aaron nailed this. I was fascinated, terrified and laughing (sometimes nervously) the entire time.

  • @YossNutt
    @YossNutt Před 9 lety +1

    "You rock!" - Yes, I do. But I now feel the urge to scratch. A lot...

  • @human_brian
    @human_brian Před 9 lety +1

    That was gruesome Aaron. Thanks for those horrifying images.

  • @madisonlilly2859
    @madisonlilly2859 Před 9 lety

    This was actually one of my favorite episodes of mental floss. You guys should do one about bizarre diseases (unless you already have and I'm just a dummy).

  • @Dazbog373
    @Dazbog373 Před 9 lety +5

    IN YOUR EYE!

  • @gildedbear5355
    @gildedbear5355 Před 9 lety +1

    Not only did I make it through the entire thing, I did it while eating a meal, which included beef... it was a narrow thing though, the food was significantly less appetizing. It got easier after we got out of the human parasites.

  • @simmons218
    @simmons218 Před 9 lety +1

    Me- "Ahh ill just watch one more vid before sleep."
    *click*
    -10 minutes later-
    "I have made a terrible mistake..."

  • @justinking204
    @justinking204 Před 9 lety +2

    lol im hyper sensitive to touch right now, I can even feel my body hair

  • @johnclaybaugh9536
    @johnclaybaugh9536 Před 6 lety

    It was just lovely that you shared this stuff with the world.

  • @TheScratcherStudios
    @TheScratcherStudios Před 9 lety +1

    Very well done, new guy! Good job. Welcome by the way

  • @MrGneiss
    @MrGneiss Před 9 lety

    What a perfect video to watch right before bed..Thanks doc!! :-D

  • @VictorMurp
    @VictorMurp Před 9 lety +17

    Fact 1: They live in the comment section of CZcams

  • @OwlishFun
    @OwlishFun Před 8 lety

    Oh my god, I saw the title and I just though "If John is doing this episode I'll just die"
    None the less, he must have LOVED this topic.
    Great job Dr Carroll :D

  • @JokesInBase13
    @JokesInBase13 Před 9 lety

    Well... I'm never touching, eating, breathing, or looking at anything ever again... this was awesome.

  • @HeyLookItsAmy
    @HeyLookItsAmy Před 9 lety

    This dude is awesome.
    The fact about naegleria fowleri, the parasite that infects drinking water, really shocked me! I use a neti-pot all the time for my sinus problems, and I've always been told to use distilled water, or if I have to use tap-water, to boil it first. I knew it was a health thing, but I never really knew the true consequences of not taking care with water. Scary.

  • @nancyswass119
    @nancyswass119 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for sharing

  • @biranfalk-dotan2448
    @biranfalk-dotan2448 Před 9 lety

    That is really cool. I'd like to point out that some of the organisms you mentioned are technically not parasites, but parasitoids (they kill their host). Despite that little discrepancy, this is one of my favourite Mental Floss videos for sure.

  • @thegrifman
    @thegrifman Před 9 lety

    Neti pots are amazing for cleaning out your nasal cavity when you have a sinus infection. Use bottled or filtered water only!

  • @CraftnMomma
    @CraftnMomma Před 9 lety

    My eyes started twitching and everything... glad I wasn't hungry cuz I don't think my appetite will recover from that vid any time soon. Thanks Dr. Carroll

  • @astramancer
    @astramancer Před 9 lety

    I used a neti pot for a while (~3 months) because I have really annoying indoor/outdoor allergies that causes me to be congested more days than not. I always boiled the water first and then let it cool before using it.

  • @pssurvivor
    @pssurvivor Před 9 lety

    If I didn't have an unhealthy phobia of germs, bugs,and parasites in general, I certainly do now!

  • @elieshahartley2736
    @elieshahartley2736 Před 9 lety

    Could you (if you haven't already) make a list show about the origins of some common sayings/expressions?

  • @spdyrel
    @spdyrel Před 9 lety +1

    First Good Mythical Morning and now Mental Floss/Healthcare Triage!? Man I'm going to become entomophobic this week.

  • @Photosystem1
    @Photosystem1 Před 9 lety

    You made it the whole way? You rock!

  • @EinNameDenKeinerHat
    @EinNameDenKeinerHat Před 8 lety

    Not only did I make it through, I was eating the whole time. Still surprisingly relaxed...

  • @seatbelttruck
    @seatbelttruck Před 9 lety

    Nice that they ended with parasites that don't infect humans. It went from near-vomit-enducing horror to really interesting and not that creepy.

  • @MarkBlease
    @MarkBlease Před 9 lety

    lol this dude is awesome...this video rocked..

  • @MrUtak
    @MrUtak Před 9 lety

    GOODNESS, I can't believe I handed so much. I feel sick. Thanks Dr. Aaron! You're awesome hahahaha (seriously, though, you're awesome)

  • @NekoMouser
    @NekoMouser Před 9 lety

    For certain congestion and sinus problems, neti pots can be great. BUT ALWAYS BOIL THE WATER FIRST.

  • @AndresMarroquinDude
    @AndresMarroquinDude Před 9 lety

    After a few minutes I was like "you know, I do not think watching this video will enrich my life in any way" and noped my ass out.

  • @robbruce2128
    @robbruce2128 Před 9 lety

    Now you've seen that Guinea worm and you'll never look at that Rod of Asclepius on your doctor's diploma the same way . . .

  • @teresasimms7801
    @teresasimms7801 Před 9 lety

    I've heard a lot of information about bee colony collapse and unexplained disappearance of entire hives and I was wondering if the practice of removing the hives' entire supply of honey and replacing the honey needed to nurture the colony with fructose or sugar water, has generational consequences? Could that practice be the equivalent of generations of humans living on nutritionally deficient diets? Thank for your research and informative channel.

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt Před 9 lety

    Guess I'm used to this stuff because didn't bother me at all. Also I've seen those 30ft worms get removed from someone. Its SLOW taking it out because it can break and go back inside you.

  • @rebeccamari
    @rebeccamari Před 9 lety

    Well, now I'm going to spend the rest of my life terrified of horseflies.

  • @Infernoraptor
    @Infernoraptor Před 9 lety +1

    Come on guys,
    How did you skip Toxoplasma and Cordyceps?
    They feed on our fear and you didn't pay tribute...
    WE'RE DOOMED!!!!

  • @tweetthang96
    @tweetthang96 Před 9 lety

    PARASITES!!! I'm absolutely terrified of bugs but I have a strange fascination with parasites and in fact, one of my favorite books (Scott Westerfield's "Peeps") features chapters named after various parasites and gives brief info on them. I think that was the start of my interest in parasites and microbes, immunology, all that fun stuff. Needless to say, I have a slight case of hypochondria (which is not the accurate medical term/diagnosis anymore I know) so I decided against majoring in it.

  • @mimimontefiore6819
    @mimimontefiore6819 Před 9 lety +1

    Time to go take a bath in UNINFECTED water

  • @Aeghamedic
    @Aeghamedic Před 9 lety

    The Ichneumon Wasp does a similar thing as the Emerald Wasps but with caterpillars.
    It wouldn't be fun being a bug.

  • @Mattteus
    @Mattteus Před 9 lety

    I'm actually surprised at how few of these facts I didn't already know.

  • @HitmanNr47
    @HitmanNr47 Před 9 lety

    I'm amazed at how the larva of the Jewel Wasp knows in which order to eat the organs of the cockroach to keep it alive as long as possible.

  • @DadBodSwagGod
    @DadBodSwagGod Před 9 lety

    I'm on a diet and I haven't eaten anything in 7 hours. This video was very helpful to me

  • @EmoLady123
    @EmoLady123 Před 9 lety

    why, why did I watch this? I started twitching and itching half way through

  • @KenniIsBored
    @KenniIsBored Před 9 lety

    Lol I've had 3 years of animal science in high school to not even freak out.

  • @MonacleZebra
    @MonacleZebra Před 9 lety

    Thanks, it's not like I wanted to sleep... Ever again.

  • @Professorkek
    @Professorkek Před 9 lety

    I thought I would be fine. I've never worried about parasites. I was wrong. That was horrifying.

  • @omnomnommidz3840
    @omnomnommidz3840 Před 9 lety

    Yesterday it was rhett and link talking about parasites and now this... Makes me wanna play the last of us

  • @DonnaJochimsen
    @DonnaJochimsen Před 9 lety +1

    Oh God!!! makes me want to just hide under my covers..........I kinda wish I'd skipped this one.
    .

  • @sion8
    @sion8 Před 9 lety

    A minute after finishing, whatever amount people decided to watch, missions of fire were stared across the world! Thanks Mental Floss you made global warming worse with this video!

  • @DanThePropMan
    @DanThePropMan Před 9 lety +13

    WHYYYYY

    • @ToxPhy
      @ToxPhy Před 9 lety +36

      Nature is bootiful.

    • @eddieJVa
      @eddieJVa Před 9 lety +5

      randman your picture fits your comment

  • @ShaneRob93
    @ShaneRob93 Před 9 lety

    That's cool. Didn't plan on sleeping tonight...or ever.

  • @kenshuei
    @kenshuei Před 9 lety

    That was 10 minutes of nightmare fuel....have to go shower this feeling off me now

  • @DijaVlogsGames
    @DijaVlogsGames Před 9 lety

    Very interesting video! I'll lock myself in my room now.

  • @demonsrun425
    @demonsrun425 Před 9 lety

    I love parasites, they're so interesting. If you liked this, I'd recommend reading Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer (nonfiction) or Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (fiction, vaguely zombie/vampire-esque, but mostly the emphasis is on parasites).

  • @steampunkerella
    @steampunkerella Před 9 lety

    the only video on this channel i haven't finished watching. BLECH

  • @spliter88
    @spliter88 Před 9 lety +7

    You forgot about the cat shit parasite (It's a totally scientific name, toxoplasma if you want to be anal about it). it starts its lifecycle when the eggs of the female are shat out by the cat, then they try to get eaten by mice, when in mice they start producing hormones so the mouse no longer fears cats in order to be eaten, which cats do and that completes the cycle.
    What's the bad part?
    It can also infect humans and it does have an effect on humans (it's correlated with schizofrenia, alzheimers, and suicide, not to mention higher rate of traffic accidents).
    It's estimated that over half the world's population is infected with this.
    How do they get in you?
    Your cat is an asshole and when it walks all over its shit in its shitbox and then walks over your tables, or over your face at night, or when it licks its ass and then your face or hands, or licks utensils.
    Sweet dreams!

    • @pyrotheevilplatypus
      @pyrotheevilplatypus Před 9 lety +1

      Spliter You don't even have to have a cat. A study in India revealed that a sh!t ton of cat-free people with vegetarian diets have it because of critters on the farms and plantations.

    • @FudgeEaterz
      @FudgeEaterz Před 9 lety

      Spliter And I have 6 cats... Am I going to die?

  • @yshbfs
    @yshbfs Před 9 lety

    Parasites, parasite, parasyte... the.. maxim? Awesome show

  • @annefien
    @annefien Před 9 lety

    I made the great decision of watching this as I had to quickly have breakfast.
    I didn't have a lot of breakfast. And I'll regret that soon.

  • @GasperEric
    @GasperEric Před 9 lety

    If this video is your cup of tea, you should try reading the book "Peeps"
    I don't remember who it's written by, but it basically suggests that if Vampires are real, parasites would be the reason; and has a lot of pretty cool parasite stuff in it, including the last one mentioned in this video.

  • @gwenbosworth6420
    @gwenbosworth6420 Před 9 lety

    I'm so glad I decided to watch this while eating lunch. I feel sick :(

  • @BioniclesaurKing4t2
    @BioniclesaurKing4t2 Před 9 lety

    I saw the eye-crawling worm on "Monsters Inside Me" and the thing making ants climb grass blades on "Animal Planet's, The Most...Extreme".

  • @lk509s
    @lk509s Před 9 lety

    Thank you for the warning, I think I will watch something else, but I wanted to like and comment to show my appreciation for the warning.

  • @Kreeos
    @Kreeos Před 9 lety

    Well that was completely terrifying.

  • @norrepud
    @norrepud Před 9 lety

    I wrote a paper about Cymothoa Exigua in my invertebrate zoology class during my first semester of college! They're terrifying and cool. Apparently there is a horror movie about them, too!

  • @gibsonsimpson
    @gibsonsimpson Před 9 lety

    Can't...unhear...

  • @tamaraf69
    @tamaraf69 Před 9 lety

    Such a good sport for a doctor who hates bugs

  • @Animeman36
    @Animeman36 Před 9 lety

    Frogs with extra legs
    the french: * heavy breathing.*

  • @CherryGloves
    @CherryGloves Před 9 lety

    I want to see this video's view time analytic and see what made people quit the most.

  • @salvatore_slate
    @salvatore_slate Před 9 lety

    This is the first time I noticed this wasn't just called Mental Floss. It's called The List Show.

  • @Julia-lg8zh
    @Julia-lg8zh Před 9 lety

    Thanks a lot, evolution!

  • @ShadeSlayer1911
    @ShadeSlayer1911 Před 8 lety

    The emerald jewel wasp is my favorite one.

  • @bsinger182
    @bsinger182 Před 9 lety

    This was great.... in a horrifying kind of way.

  • @yokab
    @yokab Před 9 lety

    What we can all learn from this is: Inside good, outside - bad

  • @bittersithis
    @bittersithis Před 9 lety

    Yep, this was a bad idea, the ones I already knew only drew up bad memories

  • @iamsparklyunicorn
    @iamsparklyunicorn Před 9 lety

    Watching this video at 2.59am right before I go to bed was one of the worst decisions I've ever made in my life... Please excuse me while I attempt to drown myself in cartoons in order to cleanse my mind & stop me from dozing off x.x

  • @headrockbeats
    @headrockbeats Před 8 lety

    My favorite was the wasp. It tortures cockroaches and consumes them alive. That's a net service. Is there anywhere I could buy some of these?

  • @WillMoff0
    @WillMoff0 Před 9 lety

    This was truly horrifying, thanks, I think