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      CommentAuthorRixiM MixiR
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010 edited
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      CommentAuthorFauxhammer
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    Christ almighty don't give the management any ideas! The last thing I need is a case of the cardiac eels.
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      CommentAuthorcity creed
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    there is no way I'm clicking that link until I've had a couple of stiff brandies.
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      CommentAuthorjohnjones
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    Good Lord, and I thought arse eels were bad. Yeesh!
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      CommentAuthorsneak046
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    The bit what worried me most was references to how the eels gained entry to the shark's body. Now obv. we don't have gills...
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    To humans, these are Very Scary Death Eels. Far worse than arse eels. They will make their own gills between our hoo-man ribcages. If management get wind, we're fucked!
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    AURGH.

    Creepy.
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    Hmm... After reading the article it seems the shark was more a target of opportunity rather than this being a regular parasitic relationship between two species. Which is only very small comfort. Ew.

    Top creepy parasite for me is still the fish-tongue parasite, although I'm sure someone who knows more about what insects get up to will be along shortly to creepy me out even worse.
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      CommentAuthorSlick
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    • CommentAuthorFlabyo
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010 edited
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    There's that fungus that infects the brains of ants and basically makes them go as high as they can up the trees and then explodes them in a shower of spores.

    It was on Attenboroughs 'Planet Earth'.
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    @ Flabyo

    I remember that. It was awesome.
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      CommentAuthorcelan
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    ^The fungus that attacks the ant is called Cordyceps. It is related to one that grows on caterpillars and is used in Chinese Medicine. (Dong Chong Xia Cao - lit. "Winter Bug, Summer Herb"). Works great for lung problems.
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      CommentAuthorPaprika
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    oh man, heart worms.
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      CommentAuthorD.J.
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    Everything is terrible forever.
    • CommentAuthorVerissimus
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    Oh no. Oh no.


    ...

    Oh no.
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    Dude, that's not even in the Top 20 weirdest parasitic relationships I've seen.

    Certainly interesting, though.
    • CommentAuthorRenThing
    • CommentTimeJul 20th 2010
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    Verus said,
    Oh no. Oh no.


    ...

    Oh no.


    I second this.
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      CommentAuthorMikiM
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2010
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    Is it fucked that when I clicked on the heartworms link, the first thing I noticed was that the image on the wiki page looked like it had a smiling cow in the middle of it with its head at a 3/4 turn to the camera? :O

    smiling cow.
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      CommentAuthorFinagle
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2010
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    Oh, God. Now I see it, too. It *smiles*.
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    It looks a lot like the Laughing Cow from the cheese packets.

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