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What is the parasite in the amazon river that is attracted to blood and urine called?
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∙ 15y ago
Candiru But there is speculation wether or not it is attracted to urine or not
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What is a blood drinking bug called?
a parasite
Fleas take food from animals that are called?
The flea has a " Host " from which it draws blood . A flea is a parasite.
What is a tick that feeds on the blood of animals called?
The dog would be a host to the tick.
When a leech is sucking your blood what is the parasite and what is the host?
The leech is the parasite and whomever blood it's sucking is the Host.
Are ticks host parasite or predoator?
Parasite. They live off of the blood of their host animals.
Is hookworm parasite?
Yes, a hookworm is a parasite that sucks blood via the tissue of an intestine it infects.
How can white blood cell tell the difference of germs and red blood cell?
They can tell the difference because germs (parasites) have whats called Pili. These look like points or sticks coming off the parasite. White blood cells (WBC) use Pili to tell whether a cell is a parasite or not.
Is mosquito a parasite as it is drinking blood?
Yes, it is.
What is the difference between a parasite and a host?
A host is an organism that the parasite lives on. In other words the parasite may use the host's resources in a negative way. For example: A tick living off the blood of a human. The tick is the parasite and the human is the host. The tick lives off the blood of the human.
Which insect is the vector that transmits the material parasite plasmodium vivax into your blood?
The Anopheles mosquito is the vector that transmits this parasite.
If a malarial parasite lives in human blood what would the parasite's contents be in relation to the blood?
okay I hope this is what you were looking for. 1. the mosquito picks up a parasite (malarial) from a infected person. 2. When the mosquito bites the new person, it transfers the malarial into the new persons blood stream. 3. The parasite develops in the liver releases microorganisms into the blood stream. 4. Malaria microorganisms infect red blood cells. which causes the cells to break apart.
What is a hookworm's diet?
Since a hookworm is a parasite, it's main nutrition value comes from the blood it sucks from the animal it infected, called a host.
