• decadentrebel@lemmy.worldOPM
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    15 days ago

    I think you’re just focusing on the pooping cycle. The part where the parasite possesses the snail and creates this elaborate display with the eyes to draw its real intended host/target is what’s fascinating.

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      15 days ago

      i don’t think so (: toxoplasma IIRC alters a host’s behavior in favor of cats, so that it can infect those - since cats are the only ones it can reproduce in. not as colorful and funky as the exapmle here, but similarly clever/complex