Day 2 is done. The first two lectures this morning weren't bad at all. The third and fourth one? Well, those were another story, especially the third one. I guess when the titles of the lectures are Enterobacteriaceae, I should have known! Anyways, we all made it through the lectures and now we just have to study to figure out what was actually going on! One thing that I did learn this morning is that Dr. Paul, our parasitology professor is quite a guy! He is pretty funny and seems like he likes to have a good time. Here are some statements made by him in class today (these are not direct quotes, I can't remember exactly how he said everything:
Why don't you see many ticks on cats? Because they lick them off! They are cleaning fanatics! Theyu're like, "Eww, I don't want any of this!"
How do you treat giardia? I would say drink a lot of beer, beer does kill giardia!
While talking about how parasites have to go to the right places in the body, he said,
I find it really interesting, I mean, how do heartworms know to go to the heart?
How do roundworms know to go to the GI tract?
How do fax machines work? I don't get it, you stick a piece of paper in it, and it comes out somewhere else?
How do planes fly? You have a 600 kazillion ton thing and it just flies up in the air!
There are lot of little mysteries in this world!
Needless to say, a lot of us were laughing quite a bit!
Finally, an interesting fact I learned today in parasitology: ticks have enough oxygen in them, that when they are feeding (don't forget, they feed on animals blood), they can go for 7-10 days without breathing!
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