Rats host the worm and pass larvae through their feces, which are eaten by the slugs. Rats then eat the slugs and repeat the cycle. Yeung said the worms develop in different life stages in rats ...
It feeds on the feces of rats that host the worm. Humans can get infected by consuming raw produce or water contaminated by the slug. They can also get it from eating raw or undercooked snails ...
As carnivorous cannibals, the worms eat snails, slugs and each other (no love lost there), as well as earthworms, the loss of ...
Monday's report quoted one local resident, Abdula Tashibekov, as saying: "They eat an ... and nematode worms, which can harm domestic pets. Native to the Iberian Peninsula, the slug was first ...