Why join groups? Lessons from parasite-manipulated Artemia

'Suicide' of crickets harbouring hairworms: A proteomics investigation

Do Leucochloridium sporocysts manipulate the behaviour of their snail hosts?

*Parasite Rex*

Parasitoid increases survival of its pupae by inducing hosts to fight predators

Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries

Nematomorph parasites drive energy flow through a riparian ecosystem

I mispronounced the Japanese scientist Takuya Sato's name as Takuya Soto. I sincerely regret the error.

Carl Zimmer: Parasite tales: The jewel wasp's zombie slave

Mice infected with low-virulence strains of Toxoplasma gondii lose their innate aversion to cat urine, even after extensive parasite clearance

Increased incidence of traffic accidents in Toxoplasma-infected military drivers and protective effect RhD molecule revealed by a large-scale prospective cohort study

*On the Origin of Species*

에드 영: 자살 곱등이, 좀비 바퀴 등의 기생물 이야기들.

자살 곱등이, 좀비 바퀴 등의 기생물 이야기들.

우리 인간들은 개개인의 자유로운 의지와 독립심을 최고로 여깁니다. 하지만, 그 뒤에는 우리가 어쩌면 전혀 상관 조차 하지 않고 있었던 어두운 그림자가 존재하죠. 과학 저술가인 에드영은 흥미롭고, 재밌지만, 불쾌한 강의에서, 기생물들이 어떻게 속임의 예술은 완벽하게 소화해 냈는지를 설명합니다. 또한, 이들이 정말 우리 인간들 마저 조종하는 걸까요? 생각보다 가능성이 높습니다.

Animals often act under the hidden control of parasites that hijack their bodies and minds for the parasite's own benefit. From tapeworms making shrimp gather in bright, flamingo-attracting swarms to wasps turning caterpillars into zombie bodyguards, manipulation is common in nature. Some parasites even alter the behavior of mammals, with one in three people estimated to carry a brain parasite called Toxoplasma. These invisible forces challenge our ideas about free will and the true drivers of behavior in the natural world.