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Post by celine on Nov 1, 2012 15:22:03 GMT -5
[National Geographic] - Parasite attacks ant - SHOCKING
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Post by celine on Nov 1, 2012 15:27:41 GMT -5
Could parasites control human beings - Stuff they don't want you to know.
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Post by celine on Mar 7, 2013 11:52:53 GMT -5
Sergio Elias Feliciano...........posted to..............Donald Marshall............... io9.com/5918948/fungal-infection-causes-tarantula-to-grow-antlers Fungal infection causes tarantula to grow antlers This image may look like something dreamed up for a surreal horror movie, but it's a real horror for the tarantula in question. This unfortunate arachnid is infected with Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that replaces its host's tissue with its own. Cordyceps fungi invades its hosts (mainly arthropods), and its mycelium eventually replaces the host's tissue. Once the arthropod is dead, cylindrical or branching growths emerge from the creature's dead body. Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies. If you haven't seen it yet, this video from Planet Earth shows a Cordyceps fungus in action: Really, when it come to being nightmarishly frightening, tarantulas have nothing on this freaky fungus. Tarantula infected with Cordyceps |
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Post by celine on Mar 13, 2013 15:10:52 GMT -5
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Post by celine on Mar 26, 2013 16:53:13 GMT -5
26/03/13 Colin Purpose shared a link......... www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9953571/There-are-zombies-among-us.htmlThere are zombies among us - Telegraph soa.li Forget free will – many of us could be taking orders from the parasites inside our brains, reports Jerome Burne. Donald Marshall .....HAAAA!!! Looks like this guy has beaten me to the Vrill lizard parasitin brains thing... he can have all the credit,... he can have the damn parade... now kill the lizards and kill the human hosts, shut down the cloning centers.... Hey ^^^ that guy that wrote that up theres gonna be a celebrated hero LOL |
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Post by celine on Oct 4, 2013 15:42:00 GMT -5
Donald Marshall shared a link. Not all parasites just run around your intestines eating nutrients. Mind-controlling Parasites! Hank introduces us to some freaky parasites that use mind control to hijack the brains of their hosts. Like SciShow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/scis... Debbie Lawrence no some are in governments. |
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Post by celine on Oct 6, 2013 1:27:32 GMT -5
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Post by celine on Nov 16, 2013 15:47:14 GMT -5
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Post by celine on Jul 15, 2014 17:06:09 GMT -5
Phil Chuppa shared Phil Chuppa's photo.  The Jewel Wasp, or Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa), will make you even more glad that you are not a cockroach. It’s a parasitoid wasp that uses cockroaches as a live food supply for its developing larva, and it manages to coax this poor unsuspecting bug into playing host in a very scary up way. The jewel wasp starts off the attack by stinging the cockroach around the midsection, paralyzing the front legs. Now that the cockroach can’t do much, the wasp goes for a second, more precise sting into the head, injecting venom directly into the victim’s brain. While several mind-manipulating organisms exist, the jewel wasp is the only known parasite that injects venom directly into the brain of a host. The venom blocks a particular neurotransmitter called octopamine which controls its motivation to walk. Although the cockroach is not entirely paralyzed, it loses the will to escape and is effectively turned into a zombie nursery. The wasp then drags the enslaved cockroach into its underground lair and lays an egg into the roach’s abdomen. This then hatches and eats the host’s insides while it is still alive (they rot quickly when dead, and no one wants to eat rotting insides). The cockroach dies about 8 days later, after which the larva forms a snug cocoon, ready to emerge around a month later. Lovely. Read more at www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/most-horrifying-and-awesome-creepy-crawlies-world#oO8bgTBASG2xwAOe.99Photo: The Jewel Wasp, or Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa), will make you even more glad that you are not a cockroach. It’s a parasitoid wasp that uses cockroaches as a live food supply for its developing larva, and it manages to coax this poor unsuspecting bug into playing host in a very scary up way. The jewel wasp starts off the attack by stinging the cockroach around the midsection, paralyzing the front legs. Now that the cockroach can’t do much, the wasp goes for a second, more precise sting into the head, injecting venom directly into the victim’s brain. While several mind-manipulating organisms exist, the jewel wasp is the only known parasite that injects venom directly into the brain of a host. The venom blocks a particular neurotransmitter called octopamine which controls its motivation to walk. Although the cockroach is not entirely paralyzed, it loses the will to escape and is effectively turned into a zombie nursery. The wasp then drags the enslaved cockroach into its underground lair and lays an egg into the roach’s abdomen. This then hatches and eats the host’s insides while it is still alive (they rot quickly when dead, and no one wants to eat rotting insides). The cockroach dies about 8 days later, after which the larva forms a snug cocoon, ready to emerge around a month later. Lovely. Read more at www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/most-horrifying-and-awesome-creepy-crawlies-world#oO8bgTBASG2xwAOe.99Phil Chuppa www.iflscience.com/.../most-horrifying-and-awesome... The Most Horrifying (And Awesome) Creepy-Crawlies In The World | IFLScience www.iflscience.comJust in case you didn't already think that insects were terrifying/awesome enoug... See More |
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Post by celine on Aug 13, 2014 15:35:33 GMT -5
Donald Marshall shared a link. www.sciencedump.com/content/guy-kills-zombie-praying-mantis-revealing-huge-parasite-living-inside-warningGuy kills a zombie praying mantis, revealing a huge parasite living inside (WARNING) SCIENCEDUMP.COM Baman Dw Thats some scary weird as shit dude. Charles Bull that is extremely disturbing Mary Woody Goddang it Donald Marshall I just choked on my coffee, more from thoughts of what if and not what was! Some scary shit there Maynard. Phil Chuppa that parasite inside was so big Im thinking it was NOT a symbiotic relationship. Donald Marshall The parasite enters the body, grows and then kills the insect and takes over the receptors of its brain. It then controls body motion and makes the insect go to the closest water source so that it can lay its eggs there... Donald Marshall Not symbiotic. Mantis was dead. That's why it was labeled zombie mantis. Mary Woody One reason I choked: www.rense.com/general84/ben.htmBenjamin Fulford's 'Creature'(?) www.rense.comYesterday at 17:31 · Like · 1 Ty L. Fred We don't need no water let the mother fucker burn Mary Woody ^^The roof the roof the roof is on fire! Kyle Collins Lmao Phillip Murr Stop motion look closely at the parasite when it comes out Zachary O'Neil Freeman-Mcvicker I had a dream about sonething like that...not even 2 days ago, crazy! Zachary O'Neil Freeman-Mcvicker was umm human..... Michael J Kahnke That is a Horsehair Worm parasite. NEVER eat a raw insect, or at least not the belly... Mimi Stanojcic Im speechless Celine O'carroll eugh...gross |
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Post by celine on Sept 22, 2014 1:13:25 GMT -5
Phil Chuppa Since cats don't want to eat dead, decaying prey, Toxoplasma takes the evolutionarily sound course of being a "good" parasite, leaving the rats perfectly healthy. Or are they? Oxford scientists discovered that the minds of the infected rats have been subtly altered. In a series of experiments, they demonstrated that healthy rats will prudently avoid areas that have been doused with cat urine. In fact, when scientists test anti-anxiety drugs on rats, they use a whiff of cat urine to induce neurochemical panic. However, it turns out that Toxoplasma-ridden rats show no such reaction. In fact, some of the infected rats actually seek out the cat urine-marked areas again and again. The parasite alters the mind (and thus the behavior) of the rat for its own benefit. If the parasite can alter rat behavior, does it have any effect on humans?... Mind Control by Parasites Half of the world's human population is infected with this parasite of the body and brain. It is known to alter rat's minds. Now scientists are linking it to schizophrenia. LIVESCIENCE.COM www.livescience.com/7019-mind-control-parasites.htmlPhil Chuppa cennywenny.hubpages.com/.../Toxoplasma-Gondii... Toxoplasma Gondii: Brain Parasite Extraordinare cennywenny.hubpages.com It is a little known parasite that massively affects our world, Toxoplasma Gondi...See More Phil Chuppa... io9.com/12-real-parasites-that-control-the-lives... 12 Real Parasites That Control the Lives of Their Hosts io9.com Many parasites are satisfied with just living off of their hosts, while others d...See More |
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Post by celine on Nov 29, 2014 13:30:13 GMT -5
Phil ChuppaD Half Life game species. head crab. pretty close to Vril...... Headcrabs are a parasitic species. Upon sighting a humanoid host, a headcrab will leap for the victim's face and affix itself to the cranium, whereupon they will use their beak to break into the victim's skull. The Headcrab then proceeds to take over its host's motor functions through some unknown biological process. The host will then undergo physical changes, presumably induced through chemical means; although the mutations vary between headcrab subspecies, common changes include the elongation of hands and fingers, reduction or removal of skin and muscle tissue across much of the body, and the exposure of the organs inside the chest cavity. Headcrabs keep their host alive throughout the entire process, helpless and unable to remove the headcrab or resist its control. As seen in Station 6 in Half-Life 2, it apparently takes anywhere from several seconds to several minutes for a Headcrab to turn humans into Zombies.  Headcrab Headcrabs, derisively called "headhumpers" by Barney Calhoun and known as "parasitics" and "biotics" by the Combine Overwatch, are omnivorous, parasitic creatures. They are widely considered one of the most iconic aliens of the Half-Life... HALF-LIFE.WIKIA.COM Melanie Velez Ewww. They look gross. Laurence Mountford Laurence Mountford's photo. Laurence Mountford makes a fun hat. I wish that was all.. Laurence Mountford's photo. Melanie Velez A hat?! Oh God. If they only knew. Lol. |
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Post by celine on Feb 3, 2015 18:42:31 GMT -5
Phil Chuppa Last week, we introduced you to the horsehair worm, a horrifying parasite that, in its larval stage, lives within other creepy crawlers. It feeds only when they feed and even controls their movements. Couldn't get any creepier, right? Wrong! In Australia, where the arachnids are bigger, it turns out the horsehair worms are also bigger and vastly more frightening. Watch what happens when an Aussie kills a giant spider, and an even bigger worm wiggles its way out. scary-bugs.viralnova.com/tarantula-worm/?mb=omgoHe Thought He Just Killed A Tarantula, But Then THIS Happened...NOPE What did this spider eat? SCARY-BUGS.VIRALNOVA.COM|BY TIM UNKENHOLZ Colin Woolford Not sure what it is but it's put me off my spaghetti... Donald Marshall Mind controlling parasite Chris Wardill ive seen other examples of this happening...my guess is theyre creating super bug parasites that lives in its hosts to create new diseases for pharmaceutical companies so they can come across as heros with cures that are already patented for diseases theyre creating to sell their vaccines/products to eventually wipe out large numbers of peoples...biological warfare |
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Post by celine on Nov 3, 2015 15:45:56 GMT -5
Charlie Legendd Compilation of parasites in nature, creating parasitic hosts. Apologies to the squeamish. Just a correction to the end of the video: yes. Vrils are able to parasite humans (and mammals in nature) causing mindless drones, aka zombies. 6.34 min Attack of the Zombie Parasites! Margaret Henning........... great video! gross but great. funny too  ? |
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