Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyes
Some are accidental guests. For others, our peepers are prime real estate.
By Kate Baggaley Yesterday at 11:07am
When Abby Beckley started work on a salmon fishing boat in Alaska, worms were not high on her list of concerns. But it wasn’t long before the 26-year-old woman became aware of something irritating her left eye. After several days, she finally went digging with her fingers… and plucked out a tiny worm. And it wasn’t the only one.
“I was just pulling them out, so I knew there were a lot,†Beckley recently told National Geographic.
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