Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/20/watch-parasites-removed-from.html
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That was oddly fascinating.
Also, I really hope I’ll never get a parasite that large in relation to my own size.
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Are you a parent? Because this is exactly what it’s like to have kids.
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It’s hard not to project this model onto the current political situation in Britain and North America. I don’t see the wasp-analog, but I sure see some bizarre, countersurvival behaviors that make human reproduction all but impossible!
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No, but I’m thinking of adopting.
A 20something who already has a job and their own flat.
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I somehow found the execution by frog at the end oddly satisfying.
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Stinging insects and Internal parasites.
Just thinking of the video makes me feel a little sick.
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Dr. Pimple Popper might enjoy this video.
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Hard to say if anyone beats the Japanese in the celebration of weirdness.
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That was a real hornets nest…
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Is this some sort of statement on societal classes? Maybe a wasp movie in the works?
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The trouble with hardworking WASPs is that they don’t recognise the actual parasites, and so punch down instead of punching up. #makeamericacriticalofpopulisthuckstersagain
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Parasites and the ways they alter host behavior are fascinating. I’ve often attempted to blame some of my poor choices on parasites, but have had limited success.
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scientist: this wasp is acting weird. i wonder if there are really long disgusting things i can pull out of it?
wasp: if you could, yeah i would appreciate it.
frog: hey you gonna eat that?
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This storys got a tail in the sting.
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Weird. So apparently this parasite isn’t a worm or the sort of creature I typically think of being an internal parasite.
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Nature is gross. Are we sure we need it?
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I, for one, do not.
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Sometimes the Buddhist dictum of “respect all life” is really really difficult.
It sure doesn’t need us.
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