Post by Spectrum on Jul 25, 2008 21:26:20 GMT -5
A Seamworm is a parasite that evolved from the Barber's Pole Worm, commonly addressed as a Sheep Worm(http://www.wormboss.com.au/images/content/barbers_pole_worm.jpg), when they reproduced with various other parasites as they were shipped over on farm animals that were imported into the early colonies in the seventeen hundreds.
Seamworms are very different then their parent Sheep Worms, as while the nearly harmless Sheep Worms attacked the stomach, bowls, and intestines and were easily rid of with herbal drinks and medication.
Seamworms took a drastic turn when they began to infect canines, they lived longer and were able to be transferred from one host to the other rather then staying on one, stationary host. But there was a problem with the worm's new hosts; they simply didn't live long enough. So through the miracle of selective breeding the worms learned new instinctive abilities to prolong their hosts life span to live as long as their 100 year life span.
How do they do that? Well the worms make sure that the organs and muscles of the host are in perfect order, they also increase adrenaline outputs and cancel out the function that makes your muscles feel fatigued when they work (but if you work them too hard they will still receive the damage your fatigue is warning you of). Plus with the work done on the muscles and tissues, the host's speed, stamina, and strength will improve dramatically.
By now I'm sure you are all thinking 'Wow! These worms are incredible! How can it be a bad thing?' It's true the Seamworms have their perks, but they are also very needy creatures. On average you will be required to eat three times as much as usual to feed their insatiable hunger. If you fail to do so the worm will set off several triggers in your brain to make you go on a near rampage. This is called 'The Hunger' and when an infected animal falls into this state they will hunt down and kill the nearest source of meat to them, it's very dangerous and hard to overcome.
Not only that but the worms are only interested in a top quality host. That means if you get a devastating injury the worms will kill you themselves, in a most painful way that involves the eating of your very brain. Why do they do it? In hope that a more suitable host will come and eat the corpse and the worms with it.
Okay, so, how do you get infected? Easy, consumption and transfer of body fluids. When a worm lays it's eggs they will go into a hibernation state in the host's bloodstream, saliva, mucus, tears, urine, anything that has a possibility of entering the body. Then they hatch inside of the new host and BAM! You are now infected. So getting bit, licked, scratched, or anything with an infected wolf is a danger. If an infected wolf has kind, they will also be infected.
So wait, once you are infected then you will live for another 100 years? Not usually. You will live as long as the Seamworm lives. So if you get infected with a worm that is 20 years old, then you will only live 80 years max, assuming that you get no injuries that the Seamworms deem too dire. The older your body becomes, the less injuries you can endure before the Seamworms take action, on average a normal canine will live 45-60 years before they die. You have the greatest chance of survival if you are born with Seamworms, since they have all 100 years ready.
Seamworms are very different then their parent Sheep Worms, as while the nearly harmless Sheep Worms attacked the stomach, bowls, and intestines and were easily rid of with herbal drinks and medication.
Seamworms took a drastic turn when they began to infect canines, they lived longer and were able to be transferred from one host to the other rather then staying on one, stationary host. But there was a problem with the worm's new hosts; they simply didn't live long enough. So through the miracle of selective breeding the worms learned new instinctive abilities to prolong their hosts life span to live as long as their 100 year life span.
How do they do that? Well the worms make sure that the organs and muscles of the host are in perfect order, they also increase adrenaline outputs and cancel out the function that makes your muscles feel fatigued when they work (but if you work them too hard they will still receive the damage your fatigue is warning you of). Plus with the work done on the muscles and tissues, the host's speed, stamina, and strength will improve dramatically.
By now I'm sure you are all thinking 'Wow! These worms are incredible! How can it be a bad thing?' It's true the Seamworms have their perks, but they are also very needy creatures. On average you will be required to eat three times as much as usual to feed their insatiable hunger. If you fail to do so the worm will set off several triggers in your brain to make you go on a near rampage. This is called 'The Hunger' and when an infected animal falls into this state they will hunt down and kill the nearest source of meat to them, it's very dangerous and hard to overcome.
Not only that but the worms are only interested in a top quality host. That means if you get a devastating injury the worms will kill you themselves, in a most painful way that involves the eating of your very brain. Why do they do it? In hope that a more suitable host will come and eat the corpse and the worms with it.
Okay, so, how do you get infected? Easy, consumption and transfer of body fluids. When a worm lays it's eggs they will go into a hibernation state in the host's bloodstream, saliva, mucus, tears, urine, anything that has a possibility of entering the body. Then they hatch inside of the new host and BAM! You are now infected. So getting bit, licked, scratched, or anything with an infected wolf is a danger. If an infected wolf has kind, they will also be infected.
So wait, once you are infected then you will live for another 100 years? Not usually. You will live as long as the Seamworm lives. So if you get infected with a worm that is 20 years old, then you will only live 80 years max, assuming that you get no injuries that the Seamworms deem too dire. The older your body becomes, the less injuries you can endure before the Seamworms take action, on average a normal canine will live 45-60 years before they die. You have the greatest chance of survival if you are born with Seamworms, since they have all 100 years ready.