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Insect Mind Control to whole new levels?! o.O
18 years ago
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Oh dear! I don't know about the article's claim of 'love' but this makes the whole fungus forcing ants to climb up to sunlight, or parasitic worms that force their host snails to advertize to birds to eat them ... seem simple by comparison.
http://io9.com/5015317/a-parasite-t.....ve-in-its-host
http://io9.com/5015317/a-parasite-t.....ve-in-its-host
Up to a third of the human population may be infected with a behavior-changing parasite, you know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis
Very creepy to think about.
this is so cool