Parasite. A word that often sends shivers down our spines. However, marine mammals are highly accustomed to them. Cetaceans and pinnipeds can host a multitude of different parasites! Internal, external, round, long, worms, lice, algae… These tiny organisms come in an impressive variety of shapes and species.<\/p>\n
Although they can cause significant harm, parasites do not necessarily lead to the death of their host. Indeed, these little \u201ctenants\u201d generally depend on their home to be alive in order to ensure their own survival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parasite. A word that often sends shivers down our spines. However, marine mammals are highly accustomed to them. Cetaceans and pinnipeds can host a multitude of different parasites! Internal, external, round, long, worms, lice, algae… These tiny organisms come in an impressive variety of shapes and species. Although they can cause significant harm, parasites do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12856,"featured_media":66184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1943,1944,1945],"class_list":["post-66337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anisakidae-en","tag-hote-en","tag-mammiferes-marins-2-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n