Leucochloridium! This genus of parasitic flatworms turns snails into disco-eyed zombies. Worms infect snails, then produce colorful broodsacs that migrate into a snail's eyestalks. The sacs pulse like undulating caterpillars. This attracts birds—definitive hosts for worms, where they reproduce 🧪
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The only maternal care case known in ticks 🧪
http://www.cresson.com/dangereux.html
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I have an abiding dislike of snails & slugs, but geez, that’s really brutal
As an avid gardener one sees…things. This is on the same level