There are approximately 6,000 described species of tapeworms (or cestodes). As adults, they are obligate parasites in the gut of vertebrates. Interestingly, tapeworms lack all elements of the digestive system; they possess no mouth or gut of any sort! Instead, they rely on their hosts for nutrients, which they absorb through their body surfaces.
If we look at all gun-related deaths as the CDC does from the past two years, the numbers are much higher. According the nonprofit project the Gun Violence Archive, there were 12,562 gun deaths in 2014 and 9,959 in 2015 thus far.Thatâs a grand total of 301,797 firearm-related deaths in the past decade, compared to 71 deaths from domestic acts of terrorism. more accurate count for gun deaths between 2005 and 2015 is 301,797. Though the imageâs numbers are slightly off, that doesnât undercut the point: guns have claimed many more lives than terrorist attacks. We rate the claim Mostly True.
We are now averaging more than one mass shooting per day in 2015. As of August 26th, the US has had 247 mass shootings in the 238 days of 2015. For those keeping track, that's an average of more than one shooting per day. These numbers are according to the Mass Shooting Tracker created by the anti-gun subreddit Guns Are Cool. Wednesday morning's stunning on-air fatal shooting in Roanoke, Virginia of a television reporter and a photographer wasn't even the first shooting of the day.