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They say the guinea worm inspired HR Geiger when he did his work on Alien (1979).



It also appears in the novel _ Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow_ by Peter Høeg.


There is also a worm in Adventure Time. It drinks tea. A clear allusion to filthy river water.




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