Parasites brainwash grasshoppers
New Scientist Breaking News - Parasites brainwash grasshoppers into death dive
A parasitic worm called a hairworm develops inside a land-dwelling grasshopper or cricket, and then somehow takes control of the grasshoppers brain, forcing the grasshopper to seek out water and take a death plunge.
The hairworm then emerges to start it's new life as an aquatic adult.
The grasshopper / cricket usually drowns.
A parasitic worm called a hairworm develops inside a land-dwelling grasshopper or cricket, and then somehow takes control of the grasshoppers brain, forcing the grasshopper to seek out water and take a death plunge.
The hairworm then emerges to start it's new life as an aquatic adult.
The grasshopper / cricket usually drowns.
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