Tapeworms

Tapeworms are a kind of flatworm. Most flatworms are not tapeworms.

Adaptations for a parasite would mean not spending energy on functions such as digesting food for instance so that they can divert their energy to growing and reproducing. They don't even have a proper digestive system, instead they absorb the already digested food through their skin.

Other than that, since they live in an environment that will be immunologically hostile to them (inside a host's intestines), they have their own defences.

Therefore a tapeworm is a parasite.

Tapeworms were discovered in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish physician and botanist.

Tapeworms are found in the intestines of mammals. inside a human

Tape worms are animals.Animals do not have a cell wall.

No, they do not, but tapeworms ARE dangerous, but not REALLY serious. If they were, we all would feel sick in the stomach. Though we all do get occasional bellyaches, that doesn't mean you have tapeworms.

No, white.

ummmm....check your dog first, okay? then we'll get into this.

Usually once you use medication to kill tapeworms, it should come out the next time you go to the bathroom.

parasitic

The tape worms hosts are human and animals. Mostly common in humans, cats, and dogs, and also mostly common in ifants and young children.

The genus of tapeworm is Taenia. It is commonly abbreviated simply as T. when referring to one of the various species. There are over a thousand different species of tapeworm. Most vertebrates (animals with a spinal column) can be infected by at least one species, maybe more.

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.

People can get tapeworms from eating infected meat. In the US, all meat is inspected before it is made available for public consumption. Meat should be thoroughly cooked before serving.

no they aren't. T.hey are not protostomes either deuterostomes

Platyhelminthes.

I think it's so they can absorb more nutrients at once.

The head of a tapeworm is called a scolex. The tapeworm attaches itself to the intestine of the host with hooks and suckers that are on the scolex.

The worms are designed to offer as large an absorbing surface as possible to food passing down the intestine.

So they are flat, white and long - up to 40 feet, (12 metres) like a piece of tape.

Each has a tiny head, with suckers - and sometimes with hooklets - to cling to the bowel wall.

Segments are produced from the head and gradually get bigger, developing eggs the further they get from the head.

Mature segments are crammed full of eggs and are constantly splitting off to be discharged in the stools.

by Krishna prasad

Intestinal tapeworms do not usually cause much problems. But when they infiltrate your body like dog tape worm, they may make you disabled and hundreds thousands are people suffer from it. At times they kill you.

A tape worm diet is a method of weight loss that involves the ingestion of an intestinal parasite called a tape worm. Once a tape worm cyst is ingested by the "host", it settles in the intestinal tract and consumes up to half of the calories that the host consumes. Since these calories are not absorbed into the host's blood stream, but by the tapeworm, it leads to weight loss. This is, however, extremely dangerous to the host, as the tape worm can cause some serious and even life threatening side effects. First, malnutrition can occur if the host is not ingesting enoughcalories for the necessary metabolic maintenance of both the host and the tapeworm. Second, the tapeworm can begin to reproduce in the host body, producing larvae that may chew their way through the intestinal walls and attach themselves to the host's other vital organs, causing septic shock or blood poisoning. Tape worm larvae can also make their way to the brain, where they can cause an array of mental health issues and even permanent insanity. Currently, the use of tape worms for dieting is illegal in the U.S. due to the dangers presented to the host, and due to the risk of spreading the larvae to other persons through lack of personal hygiene. It is also illegal to import tape worms into the U.S. whether they are in the body or not. This has lead to the opening of clinics in Mexico where one can ingest the larvae for several thousand dollars. It is strongly advised that people wishing to start any dieting regimen or weight loss program consult their physician.

yes! they have both male and female functions for reproduction

Only if one is still in the position to be reinfected. After treatment for a tapeworm, that particular one if definitely gone.

Likely yes. Depending on how long they get, pretty much is dangerous. If they are small they are still bad but not life threatening. To what I hear though is these guys can grow a foot long. Perhaps even more.