Re: Anatomy class and ascaris

Hi Zooii!

Thank you for posting this -- great find!

One of the reasons this is of interests to me is that there is little supporting evidence that male & female Ascaris co-exists.

In fact, I've read many reports stating that according to scientific research and available pathology reports that male Ascaris weren't present. Therefore, there was (and still is) the assumption that for the most part only female Ascaris inhabit the body.

For the longest, I had disagreed with this assumption based upon my own findings when I had elminiated ascaris eggs that were in pouches. Ascaris egg pouches only occur if fertilization takes place and that can only happen when males are present. There were several others on this forum who had mentioned eliminating these too. In case anyone is interested, the pouches are oval, milky white, thick layered with approx 8-10 large eggs. In between these pouches is a thick membrane that strings the pouches together.

Again, thanks for the great post.