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Scalpworms are enigmatically weird little creatures, aren't they? Normally 2-4mm in size, these twisted little creations are found in infested scalps, where the high moisture and abundance of dead skin and oil create an environmental heaven for parasites.
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Our society does not like to face problems like this seriously. We often hear them discussed through euphemism or allusion, such as "He's got that kind of a situation" or "She can't go out without a hat."
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Perhaps this explains why often things as bizarre as scalpworms are not addressed by society as a whole. There's no real way to bring it up in conversation, just as trying to have a serious conversation about death at a time when its imminent appearance is not likely. Scalpworms like death represent an uncontrolled side of life we would rather deny.
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Yet these things live among us like parasites in the infected scalp of a victim. When you look at a scalpworm, it exactly its out of this world appearance that helps you forget that it might be closer than you think to your everyday life.
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