decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoLeucochloridium paradoxum - Parasitic worm that infects snails, manipulating their eye stalks to resemble caterpillars which attracts birds to eat themen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkLeucochloridium paradoxum - Parasitic worm that infects snails, manipulating their eye stalks to resemble caterpillars which attracts birds to eat themen.wikipedia.orgdecadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepastermillinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoAfter the bird eat them, they live in the bird’s ass, propagating by laying eggs in the bird’s poop, and the cycle begin anew. This is probably the most sophisticated parasite I’ve ever known.
minus-squarefrankenswine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoso you never heard of toxoplasma?
minus-squaredecadentrebel@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI think you’re just focusing on the pooping cycle. The part where the parasite possesses the snail and creates this elaborate display with the eyes to draw its real intended host/target is what’s fascinating.
After the bird eat them, they live in the bird’s ass, propagating by laying eggs in the bird’s poop, and the cycle begin anew.
This is probably the most sophisticated parasite I’ve ever known.
so you never heard of toxoplasma?
I think you’re just focusing on the pooping cycle. The part where the parasite possesses the snail and creates this elaborate display with the eyes to draw its real intended host/target is what’s fascinating.