843. Properly Cooked Isopod Fish Tongue Parasite

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked isopod fish tongue parasite.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Fish at the grocery store had one of those isopod tongue parasites : r/mildlyinteresting
• Cymothoa exigua - Wikipedia
• Parasite Replaces A Fish's Tongue : r/ScavengersReign
• Giant isopod - Wikipedia
• Tongue-eating parasites inspire new horror movie | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

626. Eating Rare Bear Meat

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating bear meat.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear | Ars Technica
• Outbreak of Human Trichinellosis — Arizona, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 2022 | MMWR
• Trichiniasis: Report of an Outbreak Caused by Eating Trichinous Bear Meat in the Form of Jerky | JAMA Network
• A common-source outbreak to trichinosis from consumption of bear meat - ProQuest
• Outbreak of Trichinellosis Associated with Eating Cougar Jerky | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Trichinella Nativa Outbreak With Rare Thrombotic Complications Associated With Meat From a Black Bear Hunted in Northern Ontario | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Trichinella spiralis: Effect of high temperature on infectivity in pork - ScienceDirect
• Trichinae - Pork Information Gateway
• RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain - The New York Times