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[Futurama] Is there any reason why the parasites that lived in Fry's colon should have been gotten rid of? They seemed to maximize his intelligence and physical state with no apparent drawbacks, shouldn't they be given to other people or at least researched?

I know Fry got rid of them because of the philosophical idea that Leela didn't truly love him but rather the parasites, but from an objective viewpoint wouldn't they have greatly benefited society? They seem to have effects similar to the Captain America super soldier serum, where it maximizes everything in your body and allows for rapid healing.
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Although beneficial in the short term, they clearly had an extraordinary rate of reproduction. They went from an intestinal infestation to a complete body saturation in a matter of a few days. Although their intent seemed to be benign at first, there was no semblance of population control. This being said, it can be assumed that they would quickly outstrip the resources of the "universe". The life cycle of the parasite can be hypothesized to be initially infestation, rapid reproduction, improvement of host in preparation for transmission, transmission to second host, then exhaustion of original host. The reason that they improved Fry was so he could attract others for the spores of the next generation to spread, but the reproduction rate was untenable and if they had not been expelled, they would have shortly destroyed their own environment.