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dmr

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10. A bird eats it, then it lives inside the bird, grows to an adult, mates,

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 08:59 AM

Oct 2023

lays eggs, which exits in the bird's poop. All done inside a living bird. Is there any harm to the bird? Has there been any studies?

I wish I was smarter to understand things like this.

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The brain-hijacking parasite that creates disco zombie snails [View all] Bayard Oct 2023 OP

Not quite sure... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #1

Yeah, same here. Life in all of its forms - beauty and then, not so much. yonder Oct 2023 #3

LOL! 2naSalit Oct 2023 #8

Snail's brain? Turbineguy Oct 2023 #2

Parasitic anything gives me the creeps... Duppers Oct 2023 #4

Fascinating! canetoad Oct 2023 #5

"takes over its brain" Duppers Oct 2023 #6

Tongue Eating Parasite is the grossest LeftInTX Oct 2023 #7

just imagine what we have to look forward to HAB911 Oct 2023 #9

A bird eats it, then it lives inside the bird, grows to an adult, mates, dmr Oct 2023 #10

I thought this was a MTG bit VGNonly Oct 2023 #11

Fuck parasites. Mosby Oct 2023 #12