Just a little curiosity from a Norwegian in Kenya
 

Here's a story from a Norwegian newspaper

http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=130638

I'll try to translate some of it. It's a 15 year old boy with a snake in his foot, one that was alive for a while. He got it while diving, probably through a open wound. It's been there for 1 1/2 month now. It took a while before he noticed it, thought it was a rash. Getting back to Norway he finally went to a doctor and the message was that it was a snake that eventually will die, dry and fall of.

The boy says he think it's pretty cool. It was crawling and moving and it bit him when he had had to step on it (ouch!).

I'm afraid I can't translate the name of the snake/worm, my dictionary is at work. Maybe someone could help me: either "hakeorm" or "strongloides".

There's also a video though it took me a while to load and with annoying commercials.

hi Siro
spelled Strongyloides - it is a worm. there r different species e.g. canine intestinal threadworm
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"hakeorm" is hookworm. Hake is Norwegian for hook, orm is Norwegian for worm. Wasn't all that hard if i'd just used my brains....

Nevertheless, would't like to have that one biting from the inside.

Hookworms. Totally gross siro - thanks! We can probably manage without the video. ;-)

That'll help Norwegian tourism to Kenya won't it?

Well, it certainly won't stop me! :-d