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Category: Brain and Behavior
Posted on: November 18, 2008 4:41 PM, by Greg Laden
Just when you think you should not go back into the water, something like this comes along and tells you....
You were absolutely right to not want to go back into the water.
That was a Gordian worm sliding out of a cricket.
And this is a Zombie Snail Parasite:
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Comments
Gordian worms are commonly called horsehair worms; and said to be horsehairs which have become animated. One can see how this explaination could seem reasonable.
Posted by: Jim Thomerson | November 18, 2008 5:09 PM
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Posted by: Virgil Samms | November 18, 2008 5:19 PM
That's a little scary.
Posted by: Christie | November 18, 2008 5:39 PM
Feels like it belongs to a horror movie.. A keenly and organised serial killer that is.
Posted by: Betul | November 18, 2008 5:41 PM
This would be SOOOO much better on IMAX. Not.
Posted by: Mike | November 18, 2008 6:13 PM
Worms, shmerms...Lets see some really awesome biological horror. BTW fungi rule!
Posted by: Lorax | November 18, 2008 9:07 PM
Here's a cricket infected by three Gordian worms.
Posted by: The Science Pundit | November 18, 2008 9:49 PM
Maybe it's just because my biology teacher is obsessed with parasitology, but I am liking these videos in a that's-morbid-but-awe-inspiring sort of way.
Posted by: Elles | November 18, 2008 11:26 PM