Parasite Museum

Eguro Parasitological Museum, with its metre-long tapeworms, mosquitos, cockroaches, mites and lice, photos of men with elephantitis, and sure-to-make-you-shiver descriptions of symptoms is the most Weird museum that I have ever visited.Some of the parasites are gargantuan, others microscopic and the museum covers all aspects of their life cycles, demographics, symptoms and geographic spread. There are detailed textbook illustrations of human parasites, infested dog-lungs in formaldehyde, pickled turtleheads tunneled by worms and enough of the real-life horror of the animal kingdom to make Alien seem tame.

Despite the horrendous nature of the exhibits, the institute is devoted to serious academic study. Groundbreaking research has been completed with the use of research specimens and comparative analysis facilitated by the museum. As you leave the museum, the souvenir shop sells parasite t-shirts, plastic parasite keyrings, coffee mugs and the like.

For the strong of stomach, there is the cafeteria. Sushi anyone?What images come to mind when you hear the term “parasite”?Parasite Museum. Here you can see jars and jars of interesting parasites in all shapes and sizes. The star attraction of the museum in their 45000 item collection is a 8.8 meter long tape worm which once happily lived in a woman. There are all sorts of worms and wriggly things enough to turn you off your lunch and probably tomorrows as well. The museum like all museums features a gift shop at the end of the tour, and yes you can buy your very own parasites one of the best sellers is a parasite key chain, Weird! Perhaps images that inspire fear or make you feel sick in your stomach?

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