South Korean doctor Lee Cook-Jong told reporters that an 11-inch worm was the longest parasite removed from the soldier’s intestines, the Guardian and the BBC reported. The soldier was shot by his comrades Monday as he crossed the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. A North Korean soldier who was shot five times and seriously wounded while defecting had “an enormous number” of parasitic worms in his body, said a medic who operated on him, according to media reports Friday. The North uses human feces as fertilizer, according to the BBC. If untreated feces are used to fertilize vegetables that are then eaten uncooked, the person who eats them can get worms.

Source: thestar November 17, 2017 20:03 UTC