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The "gas exchange" the parasites perform, however, does not trade oxyegen for carbon dioxide, however. Instead, it filters the carbon dioxide taken up by the parasites into infected bone marrow, using an osmostic process similar to the kidneys. Within a few hours, gas pressure builds up to extreme levels within the hard tissues of the bones themselves. Eventually the bones crack or explode from this pressure. Only one in ten bones actually build up sufficient pressure before cracking to send fragments through the skin of the victim with enough force to embed themselves in another person's flesh, but when they do, the parasites in the splinter immediately find a new home, and the cycle continues.
The speed with which the parasite spreads and its ability to hide within infected humans for hours, only exhibiting significant symptoms seconds before eruption begins, has led to the general order to terminate every person suspected of having any contact with the creatures. Naturally, enforcement of this order has been met with significant opposition from troops on the ground, but we remain hopeful enforcement will tighten up among those who avoid infection.
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