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They use the hooks and suckers on the anterior (head) part of their body.
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∙ 11y agoTape worms enter there host's through openings in the body, (i.e ears, eyes, mouth, nose), usually whilst swimming in dirty or tapeworm infested waters.
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What is an example of parasitic relationship?
tapeworms may attach to host humans in their intestines. They constantly take in nutrients and the host is left tired hungry and sick.
How do tapeworms avoid the host's defenses?
Tapeworms are the adult class of parasites and they are fond of living inside the intestine of their hosts. Tapeworms passively avoid the host defensive system by host digestive system due to the tapeworms coating that keeps on producing by itself and use it as its defense mechanism.
How tapeworms choose their host?
They do not 'choose' a host. It is purely a matter of chance.
How long do tapeworms get?
Adult tapeworms can measure up to 50 feet long and can survive as long as 20 years in a host. Some tapeworms attach themselves to the walls of the intestine, where they cause irritation or mild inflammation, while others may pass through to your stool and exit your body.
Does tapeworms eat host tissues?
yes
Are tapeworms carnivores or herbivores?
A tapeworm is really neither a carnivore nor a herbivore. It is a parasite that lives inside the intestine of it's host organism and eats whatever the host eats as it "passes though" the host.
How are tapeworms different from barn owls?
Tapeworms don't eat or kill their host where to barn owls kill and eat their prey
How long will a tapeworm survive outside the host?
Tapeworms can live in a host for 5-10 years.
How do tapeworms attach to the intestines?
A tapeworm lives in the intestines of its host, and survives by absorbing the partially broken down nutrients. A tapeworm has a head (scolex) that contains hooks that it uses to attach itself to the intestinal wall of the host.
How do tapeworms feed if they have no digestive systems?
Tapeworms are parasitic; they don't have need a digestive system because they absorb the nutrients they need from their host(s).
How do leeches attach to their host?
Some parasites have oral suckers, ringed with hooks, which is used to attach themselves to the host.
What eats tapeworm?
Tapeworms are adapted to obtaining nutrients from inside the bodies of one host.
