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What is released (what is seen with the naked eye) when a tapeworm segment/egg is squeezed/crushed?
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A can of worms!!: not a joke; the tapeworm is a marvel of function. Each segment (proglottid) progresses as the worm grows, becomes a hermaphroditic unit (meaning both male and female organs), fertilizes itself or is fertilized by other nearby worms) and becomes a gravid (eggs only) unit by the time is breaks off and is pooped out. What you squash is what you get!!
Answered 4/6/2016
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