Parasite tales: The jewel wasp's zombie slave - Carl Zimmer
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This is stranger than science fiction. The jewel wasp and the cockroach have a disgusting and fascinating parasitic relationship. The jewel wasp stuns the cockroach, and months later, a jewel wasp hatches out of the cockroach. At TEDYouth 2012, Carl Zimmer walks us through how this happens and why it personally fascinates him.
Why do you think the wasp goes through all the trouble to paralyze the cockroach? Wouldn't it just be easier to build a nest?
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