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[–] merde 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Humans are accidental intermediate hosts that become infected by handling soil, dirt or animal hair that contains eggs.

☞ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcosis

Foxes, coyotes, domestic dogs, and other canids are the definitive hosts for the adult stage of the parasite. Cats may also be involved. The head of the tapeworm attaches to the intestinal mucosa by hooks and suckers. It then produces hundreds of microscopic eggs, which are dispersed through the feces.

Humans can become an aberrant intermediate host by accidentally ingesting eggs of E. multilocularis when handling infected animals or consuming contaminated food, vegetable, and water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_multilocularis

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh live a little, pet a cute little fox then wash your hands. If it bites you get a rabies shot. Worth it either way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a wild animal, look but don't touch. It's not "living a little" it's not scaring the shit out of it until it bites you in terror.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Still gonna do it.

[–] TriflingToad 1 points 2 weeks ago

no way you just sent an actual real looking hand thing and didn't say anything about it