What would Fluttershy think of tapeworms?

[Paleopony 690]

I was just wondering about something recently. What would be Fluttershy's opinion of tapeworms. I think she would perceive them like the fruit bats in the episode Bats! She probably wouldn't want to harm them even if one of her friends were infected by them. 

What do you think?

[ohne 407]

she would probably be freaked out by them 

[AppleButt 8,669]

I don't think she'd like them because they're harmful to the animals/friends she loves.  Bats aren't parasites whereas tapeworms are.

 

Maybe she'd try to find an alternative way for them to live without depending on a host, but ultimately she'd pick her friends/animals over tapeworms.  

 

[Tom Gallagher 33,521]

If it harms animals, she definitely won’t like them. 

[North Star 4,543]

she might try to find a less harmful way for them to exist?

and/or she could try to bond with them on their level! become a Flutterworm to talk them out of munching up all the food of their host?

(ok I just wanted to post this pic of worm Twi )

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

This is quite the risky topic. Make sure not to take it too far everyone. 

Fluttershy would consider them pests...unlike bats, they do more harm than good. 

[SharpWit 2,480]

 

She's caught and fed fish to ferrets. She'd have no problem distributing dewormer.

[tinytreesong 10]

I forgot what episode and season, but there was an episode where there were parasites invading Ponyville and Fluttershy was somewhat "fueling" it. Once she found out they were harming people, she stopped, but until that point she wanted to feed them, help them, etc. I feel like she'd want the tapeworms safe but she'd be upset they were harming people. 

[Evil Pink One 13,177]

Fluttershy: *feeds it to the fishes while singing.*

Edited September 7, 2021 by Kujamih

[Fluttershutter 2,134]

She's okay with predators so I guess she's just say "Nature. What are you gonna do?" but tapeworms are freaking gross!