r/nope • u/drconniehenley • 3d ago

Insects Doctors performed an endoscopy to see if they could figure out where the discomfort was coming from and pulled out a roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides).

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u/Significant-Comb-230 3d ago

It's a snake.
This case happened in Russia in 2020.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1329749/doctors-pull-out-4-foot-snake-from-womans-throat

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u/tursija 3d ago

The journalist who wrote this news article is very uninformed. It's like a kid retelling the video it just saw.

surgically removed

inserted a black tube

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u/Significant-Comb-230 3d ago

Yes, but describe exactly the video on the post.
Cuz indeed,
Its impossible an Ascaris lumbricoides have more than a meter like in the video.
Those worms reach at maximum 45cm.

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u/DarkTurdle 3d ago

With god all things are possible, so jot that down