No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm ...

Tapeworms, for instance. These parasitic flatworms already don't have the best reputation, due to, well, their parasitic nature and general proclivity for living inside human intestines.

Intestinal parasites, commonly known as worms, are microscopic organisms that live inside your dog and silently cause harm. The most common types include roundworms, tapeworms, and hookworms.

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...