If your dog swallows it -- maybe while grooming himself -- an adult tapeworm can grow inside your dog's intestines. Tapeworms are flat, white worms that are made up of tiny segments.

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From a cafe adding intestines to coffee to a man’s surgery to remove ingested toothbrush, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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Would you try coffee flavoured with... pig's intestines? A cup of java by the name of "pig's intestines coffee" might turn the stomachs of most people, but it has recently gone viral on the ...

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Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and differentiate into the specialised cells of the intestinal epithelium, which renews throughout life.