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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That's a little scary.
Feels like it belongs to a horror movie.. A keenly and organised serial killer that is.
This would be SOOOO much better on IMAX. Not.
Worms, shmerms...Lets see some really awesome biological horror. BTW fungi rule!
Here's a cricket infected by three Gordian worms.
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.