In the hit HBO series The Last of Us, the world is devastated by the parasitic Cordyceps fungus, which infected flour and has mutated to turn humans into zombies. The genus Cordyceps really does turn its host into zombie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/03/08/The-Real-Threat-of-a-Fungus-in-Our-Flour/Leech BandagesAs you go about your day working, playing, washing your hands, or stockpiling for armageddon, accidents are bound to happen. When injury strikes, the Leech Bandages from the NeatoShop are there for you. Rea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/03/12/Leech-Bandages/There are many species of parasitic wasps, many of... ...sitic wasps, many of which we've posted. But even parasites can become the victim of parasites , in this case a plant that feeds on wasps that fe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/09/01/Parasites-for-Parasites/Well, I guess that's one way to fight crime and ch... ..., when you recall the many posts we've done about parasites that turn their hosts into zombies that do the parasite
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/25/The-Hero-We-Need/Britain's rarest butterfly is the simply-named large blue, once coveted by collectors and almost driven to extinction. Now it is legally protected because they cannot be bred in captivity. Why not? That's the really weir...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/09/Butterflies-Can-Be-Parasites/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm428RTPLhk](Video Link)The toad spotted the Epomis larva and made lunch plans. His prey looked utterly helpless. All that was necessary was to snatch the slow-moving insect with his tong...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/30/The-Toad-Isnt-Eating-the-Bug-The-Bug-Is-Eating-the-Toad/This video about parasites might make your skin scrawl, but if that’s... ...ides, you’ll probably never have any of the parasites described here. If you have had one in the past,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/19/14-Facts-about-Parasites/Discover magazine’s Body Horrors blog relate... ...s in which one was doing research with some nasty parasites . It was a case of “the rare coincidence of... ...experimented upon in his laboratory, with the pig parasite Ascaris suum. His threat was quickly dismissed an... ...inquent room mate that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/29/Poisoned-with-Parasites/A horsehair worm leaves its home, the body of a mantis. It's an astonishingly long creature. How did it all fit up inside its host?[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO8A5aGw_jw](Video Link)It's entirely possible that you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/20/Amazing-Video-Parasite-Leaving-Its-Host/You’ve read about parasites that take over an animal and change its behavior...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/08/15/Our-Microbiome-May-Be-Looking-Out-for-Itself/
