These Hairworms Eat a Cricket Alive and Control Its Mind

in #animal6 years ago

 A baby hairworm hitches a ride inside a cricket, feasting on its fat until the coiled-up parasite is ready to burst out. Then it hijacks the cricket's mind and compels it to head to water for a gruesome little swim.  SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt  

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