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Kissing bugs. Google em. Real bugs
https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(19)30551-0/abstract30551-0/abstract)
true... there is a pic that looks like this
Lots of people saying they cause Chagas’ disease, but this study says it doesn’t. Interesting.
They carry it and are responsible for spreading the disease, but don’t “cause” it per se. The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi causes it, and an important part of its lifecycle is in the kissing bug (triatomine bug)
If you’ve been bitten by one I would definitely get tested for Chagas!
That study says they carry the parasite, and their bites do cause severe reactions, but no one tested positive for Chagas.
You have to consider the context of the study, they looked at 117 people and found that allergic reactions were more common than spreading chagas. But kissing bugs oviously do spread chagas in Mexico and South America, causing around 170,000 new infections each year. A lot of countries in South America, like Brazil have managed to eliminate transmission by aggressively poisoning kissing bugs. Transmission in the US is very rare, like under 100 in the past 100 years, because of climate and sanitation.
Anatomical illustrator Frank Netter did a page on Chagas in his Ciba collection vol 5 Heart: https://www.netterimages.com/chagas-disease-labeled-cardiology-hypertension-frank-h-netter-12814.html
Are we talking about true bugs? Gunna nerd out a sec. True bugs are a type of insect, an order called Hemiptera. They’re identified by having a triangle shaped thorax and I’m sure some stuff to do with their wings. Stink bugs are the common example.
I just found out that the "roly poly"/ pill bug is actually considered a crustacean.
Lol there are tons of weird ones. Coral reefs are cniderians in a polyp form, which are closely related to jellyfish—also cniderians. That type of animal has two life phases (I think, maybe a couple more). As youngsters they’re a polyp, and usually attached to something, then when they’re mature they take on a Medusa form which is the visual you get when you think of a jelly fish. Corals just uniquely live out their whole lives as a polyp.
That explains the scene in The Emperor’s New Groove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLsEE8gYBs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae
Linked to Chagas disease
For some reason my brain when to Changnesia. I'm a moron.
Compared with your garden variety amnesia, Changnesia is immeasurably more complex. Its varied and seemingly random symptoms, its resistance to both traditional and new age medicine, why Changnesia affects the memory but not the ability to make forced puns... These are all things we can study now that someone finally has it.
Ooo didn’t know that, thanks for sharing!
Piercing/sucking mouth parts are a key attribute of the order
Lead footed bugs I’ve also heard some Hemiptera referred as
Yep they are true bugs. In class they tell us the usual distinction for a true bug is 1: six legs 2: presence of a wingpad, but not always full set of wings.
Ah great, thanks! I learned about this way back in high school but didn’t have the specifics!