| rdfs:comment | - Each of these worms is similar to a tapeworm, as it has a scolex with suckers and hooks, but its anatomy is also highly unusual. Inside a host, the worm will, if possible, make its way deep inside its host's brain and attach itself to their hypothalamus gland, from where the worm feeds on acetylcholine released from the gland, stopping the host's ability to control their own violent behavior. Surface symptoms on the host's body begin to show within a few minutes of infection and, within a few hours, the worm will have seemingly obtained total control of its host. The worm will only kill its host if it is removed from the host organism, by releasing a poison into the host's body.
- After infecting a host, the worms settle in the hypothalamus and proceed to feed on the host's acetylcholine, affecting with the host's self-control and causing extremely aggressive behavior. Removing the worm will result on the immediate death of the host. The worms reproduce asexually and are highly territorial, unable to tolerate the presence of other members of their species in the same host. Therefore, introducing a second worm in the infected subject actually provides a cure, since the two worms will fight each other until both are dead.
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| abstract | - After infecting a host, the worms settle in the hypothalamus and proceed to feed on the host's acetylcholine, affecting with the host's self-control and causing extremely aggressive behavior. Removing the worm will result on the immediate death of the host. The worms reproduce asexually and are highly territorial, unable to tolerate the presence of other members of their species in the same host. Therefore, introducing a second worm in the infected subject actually provides a cure, since the two worms will fight each other until both are dead. Those originally infected with the worms ended up killing each other and committing suicide until only a dog survived. FBI agents Mulder and Scully were called alongside a team of experts to investigate the occurrence and ultimately managed to isolate the parasitic lifeforms, although unable to prevent two more fatalities: the plane pilot Bear, who had been infected by the dog; and Professor Murphy, who was killed by Dr. da Silva while she was also infected. After the incident the whole place was incinerated by the authorities, supposedly for health control reasons but likely to purposely destroy the evidence of extraterrestrial life.
- Each of these worms is similar to a tapeworm, as it has a scolex with suckers and hooks, but its anatomy is also highly unusual. Inside a host, the worm will, if possible, make its way deep inside its host's brain and attach itself to their hypothalamus gland, from where the worm feeds on acetylcholine released from the gland, stopping the host's ability to control their own violent behavior. Surface symptoms on the host's body begin to show within a few minutes of infection and, within a few hours, the worm will have seemingly obtained total control of its host. The worm will only kill its host if it is removed from the host organism, by releasing a poison into the host's body. An individual worm will not tolerate another invading its host. It does to the invader what it did to humans – it makes them kill; unlike other species, it does not need another of its own species to procreate as worms are hermaphroditic and can reproduce, itself. Introduction of a worm into an already infected host will kill both worms and cause the host to squirm uncontrollably for a few moments, until both parasites are dead.
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