Gigantorhynchus is a genus of thorny-headed worms that parasitize marsupials, anteaters, and possibly baboons by attaching themselves to the intestines using their hook-covered proboscis. The life cycle includes a larval stage in an intermediate host such as termites. In addition to the proboscis, the body is characterized by pseudosegmentation, filiform lemnisci, and ellipsoid testes. The largest known specimen is a female G. ortizi (example pictured) with a length of around 240 millimetres (9.4 in) and a width of 2 millimetres (0.079 in). Genetic analysis on one species of Gigantorhynchus places it with the related Mediorhynchus genus in the Giganthorhynchidae family. There are six species in this genus distributed across Central and South America and possibly Zimbabwe. Infestation by a Gigantorhynchus species can cause potentially fatal partial obstructions of the intestines or severe lesions of the intestinal wall.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1565:

The Deccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire at the Battle of Talikota in present-day Karnataka, ending the last great Hindu kingdom in southern India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talikota

1915:

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilembwe_uprising

2001:

Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, an act that many later claimed to have been staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_self-immolation_incident

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

gigot: 1. A leg of lamb or mutton. 2. (fashion) Short for gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gigot

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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