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Why is a tape worm a successful parasite?
Why is a tape worm a successful parasite
- possesses suckers and hooks for attachment
- produces a lot of mucus that protects it from the host digestive enzyme
- produces a large number of eggs to increase chance of finding a host
- has intermediate secondary host e.g. pig or cow.
- lack unnecessary organs to reduce on energy demands.
- its hermaphrodite to increase the rate of egg production.
- it survive in low oxygen area by using anaerobic respiration
- has resistant stage in the soil.
- its flat and long to increase absorptive surface.
- can regenerate
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