decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoLeucochloridium paradoxum - Parasitic worm that infects snails, manipulating their eye stalks to resemble caterpillars which attracts birds to eat themen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up12arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months 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.
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.