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Sunday, 18 January 2009 14:48

Dec. 15, 2006

 

Oh, Man. Don't Look.

This is so mind-boggingly horrific to me that I just sat here watching with my face screwed up in an expression of disgust. By the time the video was over, my face had frozen like that (your mother was right!)--I had to use my hands to push it back to normal.

So what can I do but share? Enjoy, peeps.

Gordian worms live inside crickets for long periods, feeding on the cricket's diet. Once fully grown, they inject chemicals into the cricket's brain, brainwashing it and forcing it to kill itself by jumping into the water. Once in water, the worm wriggles out of the writhing body and swims off in search of a mate. Article published in Apr 06 Nature magazine

Crazy Cricket Video

Nature...rocks.

 

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