Wow, if nature is this freaky (scientific term..) on Earth, I wouldnt fancy being the first person to go for a stroll on an alien world

God was in a bad mood when he came up with this one...

Seriously though, I find parasites fascinating, as so far they can go to manipulate the host...

Amazing and horrific and... well... damn beautiful!

Yeah, agreed with the alien parasites comment. We have enough of those on Earth, a thankya very much!

Also, isn't there something that happens to mice when they have a parasite, that makes them more aggressive towards cats?

what is that shot with, an ultra small caterpillar camera?

I'm not sure if this is right, but it should be:

*horrorshow

Adding video to channels (Horrorshow) - requested by ponceleon.

Toxoplasmosis will make mice less cautious around cats, or even attracted to cat urine. There are also good examples of parasites affecting the behaviour of fishes, making them more susceptible to predation by birds, and of fungus affecting the behaviour of ants, causing them to climb up trees, where they can better disperse fungal spores.

^Bruti79 "Also, isn't there something that happens to mice when they have a parasite, that makes them more aggressive towards cats?"

Soooo....we invented a caterpillar internal camera?

Also this disproves the bible. god couldn't possibly love ALL his creations if he did this to one of them.

oh noes teh poor caterpillar

this is probably going to make top new video

Oh god, I figured the wasps would eat it and kill it inside out, but no.... I thought they would paralyze it and kill it, but no.... It starves to death. All that and it starves to death? Wow, someone pissed off Buddha last time around.

I bet these wasps dread the awkward "how babies are made" conversation.

If they could talk.

Yanno.

* politics

Oh lord... that is just horrid... no way i could finish watching that...

It's a damn caterpillar and that is going to wake me nights!

I hate when watching these sorts of things your skin start to crawl. uhh.. *shivers*

The natural world can be so horrific but so incredible at the same time. I don't think I'll ever stop being amazed by the world around me.

Man, talk about Stockholm Syndrome! Yikes!

Have you ever looked at the natural world...


ON WEED

I feel it's on me!!!

All your base are belong to us!

Here's an interesting article and another video @ NewScientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14053-zombie-caterpillars-controlled-by-voodoo-wasps.html

Yes. Right here: http://www.videosift.com/video/Zombie-Caterpillars-Controlled-by-Voodoo-Wasps

That's f'ing disgusting. But it's just one example of many natural systems that work like that.

And yes, we don't need any alien viruses to take over our minds when it happens all over in the natural world. Thankfully our brains are far to complex for these viruses to actually work on us. But who knows what could happen, with evolution and time.

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WHAT THE SHUT THE

That's fucked up.

this reminds me of an interesting fact:

"The number of bacteria living within the body of the average healthy adult human are estimated to outnumber human cells 10 to 1"
ScienceDaily (June 5, 2008)

there is more "them" living in you than there is "you" in you.

^I knew it wasn't my fault I'm so fat.

Kinda puts Swine Flu into perspective, don't it?

@Payback, I was saying the same shit.. I almost posted it but you said it first. Now imagine if something like that evolved to control us. That might at least explain murderers or religion....

I couldn´t help but larv at this