All about Flukes

By: Sarah Voris, Emily Haldeman,

Austin Getch, and Kyle Haenel

Symmetry

Flukes have bilateral symmetry.Flukes have bilateral symmetry.

Bilateral symmetry is where you can cut the Bilateral symmetry is where you can cut the object in half, and it has two identical sides.object in half, and it has two identical sides.

Body image

The body is a flat oval shape.The body is a flat oval shape.

The body varies on the The body varies on the

different kinds of flukes. different kinds of flukes.

Where they live

They live in a host such as: animals, humans, They live in a host such as: animals, humans, water.water.

Number / names of openings

They have one or two suckers.They have one or two suckers.

How they eat

When Flukes enter your body they drink your When Flukes enter your body they drink your blood.blood.

Oxygen

Flukes absorb oxygen from the bloodstream of Flukes absorb oxygen from the bloodstream of their hosts.their hosts.

Reproduce

They reprodce sexually. When flukes enter They reprodce sexually. When flukes enter your body, they lay eggs in you and the eggs your body, they lay eggs in you and the eggs hatch and infect your body.hatch and infect your body.