Eye Worm

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Behold the parasite known as the African Eye Worm. Yes, that’s a parasitic worm in that poor soul’s eyeball.

Read this Wikipedia article (link above) for all the gory details, but suffice it to say that the vectors for this parasite include bites from the horse, deer, and mango flies, and that you don’t want this infection.