Gordian Worms (1 Viewer)

[Sloppy Dice]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7226661303929118618

Gordian worm live inside crickets for long periods, feeding on the cricket's diet. Once fully grown, they inject chemicals into the cricket's brain, brainwashing it and forcing it to kill itself by jumping into the water. Once in water, the worm wriggles out of the writhing body and swims off in search of a mate. Article published in Apr 06 Nature magazine.

 

[MaxLibido]

How much do you really know about guardian worms?
the white ones, the hairy ones, the ones stuck to Uncle Billy's bathroom wall

 

[xpuma20x]

Wasn't this the concept of Resident Evil 4?

 

[Rob Beaux]

There is also another species of this worm that lives in the shrimp. There was a decent population of them in Calcassiu Lake.

Common name is "horse hair" worms. Some get to be about 2 foot long.....

 

[therod]

Well that was creepy...

/brushes imaginary worms off of clothes