Last Sunday a movement caught my attention in my garden. It turned out to be an example of Leucochloridium paradoxum, that is a parasite in a snail trying to get the attention of a bird so that the bird can eat it! Well, I had my Android availabel, and the result is this short film:
As I showed my discovery to the neighbours I certainly reinforced their impression of me!
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ReplyDeleteThe Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails Into Disco Zombies - Wired covered this phenomenon in the Absurd Creature of the Week section in September 2014 - http://www.wired.com/2014/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-disco-worm
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