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Parasites Anonymous
Parasites, post them.
>> Anonymous
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua
>> Anonymous
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Do room-mates count?

(In b4 amidoinitrite)
>> Anonymous
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http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/21/six-horrifying-parasites/
"If you ever have a choice between being possessed by the devil and being possessed by a Sacculina carcini, opt for the devil - no contest. A female sacculina begins life as a tiny free-floating slug in the sea, drifting around until she encounters a crab. When that fateful day arrives, she finds a chink in the crab’s armor (usually an elbow or leg joint) and thrusts a kind of hollow dagger into its body. After that, she (how to put this?) "injects" herself into the crab, sluicing through the dagger and leaving behind a husk. Once inside, the jellylike sacculina starts to take over. She grows "roots" that extend to every part of the crab’s body - wrapping around its eyestalks and deep into its legs and arms. The female feeds and grows until eventually she pops out of the top of the crab, and from this knobby protrusion, she will steer the Good Ship Unlucky Crab for the rest of their co-mingled life. Packed full of parasite, the crab will forgo its own needs to serve those of its master. It won’t molt, grow reproductive organs, or attempt to reproduce. It won’t even regrow appendages, as healthy crabs can. Rather than waste the nutrients on itself, a host crab will hobble along and continue to look for food with which to feed its parasite master."
>> Guodzilla
>>217106
I read the article on that nasty little bugger, and I came up with a question: Is that parasite REALLY a parasite? Yes, it causes the fish's tongue to deteriorate and disappear,

BUT

It then replaces the missing organ, to the benefit of the fish.

AND

It seems to give the fish a little of benefit from its occupancy.

THEREFORE

Wouldn't that gruesome little turd actually be more of a symbiont?
>> Anonymous
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Also from http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/21/six-horrifying-parasites/
"Prepare to be dazzled. This parasite’s got a life cycle more mind-bending and chilling than an M. Night Shyamalan film. Leucochloridium paradoxum are a type of fluke (a.k.a., parasitic flatworm) that prey on birds - a fascinating turn of events considering they begin their lives as eggs in bird droppings. Thus, the problem facing baby Leucochloridum paradoxum is, "How do I get myself back into one of those feathery things?" Taking a page from Greek history, the infant flatworms rely on Trojan trickery. First, they hang out in the droppings until a snail happens along and eats the bird dung. Then they initiate their devious plan of action by taking up residence in the snail’s eyestalks. (Sure, it sounds slimy and gross to us, but after a childhood spent living in bird feces, it’s a step up.) As they mature, the flukes become visible through the snail’s translucent skin. And that’s when things get interesting. To a bird, this fluke-filled eyestalk looks like a caterpillar. So the bird devours the stalk and ends up with a bellyful of Leucochloridium paradoxum that will, of course, lay eggs and begin the cycle again. Meanwhile, the snail shakes its head, shops for an eye patch, and vows never to eat feces again."
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>217112
How does it benefit the fish? The fish would have been just fine with its own tongue.
>> Anonymous
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

Swims up your naughty bits. "Because of spines protruding from the fish, it is almost impossible to remove except through surgery."
>> Anonymous
>>217106
>"The animal in question will be put on display in the Horniman Museum."

I lol'd
>> Anonymous
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_8_21/ai_63583791/pg_1
>> Anonymous
>>217103
thats that one thing that is shooped on the penis and makes it look all nasty /or fingers , not the same image but the same creature it looks like
>> That Gomez
>>217152
dude. Shit ain't shopped
>> Anonymous
>>217113

Wow I remember seeing these on the snails we had in the school playground. My friend told me it was a worm living in the snail but I didn't believe him. Thought it was part of some snail mating ritual.
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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>> Anonymous
>>217122
The dreaded candiru!
>> Anonymous
>>217279
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>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
>>217378
mites on one of my old centipedes. :(
>> Anonymous
Parasites are the best kind of pet. You can take them with you everywhere and they are easy to feed.
>> gizmogal !MmLOyiCYJs
>>217122
;-; i am now afraid to swim, THANKS A LOT
>> Toxoplasma gondii Anonymous
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis
"Other studies suggest that the parasite may influence personality. There are claims of toxoplasma causing antisocial attitudes in men and promiscuity [23] (or even "signs of higher intelligence" [24] ) in women, and greater susceptibility to schizophrenia and manic depression in all infected persons.[23] A 2004 study found that toxoplasma "probably induce[s] a decrease of novelty seeking." [25]"
>> Anonymous
that's a hagfish, not a parasite
>> Anonymous
>>217103
That's a Lamprey. A parasitic fish related to the hagfish that latches onto bigger fish with it's razor sucker mouth and burrows into the flesh, eating the poor animal from the inside out alive.
>> Anonymous
>>217578

still isn't a parasite
>> Anonymous
>>217580
Depending on the species it very well could be as many lampreys are parasitic, which makes them by definition parasites. Since you can't even differentiate between hagfish and lampreys I doubt you can identify the species so I suggest you kindly STFU.

par·a·site [par-uh-sahyt]
–noun 1. an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
>> Anonymous
>>217559
That makes no sense. Antisocial personality and promiscuity have "novelty seeking." So how can toxoplasma cause these things and then also cause a decrease in novelty seeking?
>> meowoot !2Ut0aLTdBk
What was that one kind of fungus that infects insects and takes control of them?
>> meowoot !2Ut0aLTdBk
>>217607
Cordyceps! That was it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCOQ0VU24xw
>> Anonymous
>>217620
That's fucking nasty
>> Anonymous
>>217620
That is motherfuking insane...
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>>217574
Hagfish on top
Lamprey on bottom.


You have been educated.
>> Anonymous
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/science/06hopp.html

"Only in science fiction do people's minds get possessed by alien beings. For grasshoppers, zombification is an everyday hazard, and it obliges them to end their lives in a bizarre manner.

Biologists have discovered and hope to decipher a deadly cross talk between the genomes of a grasshopper and a parasitic worm that infects it.

The interaction occurs as the worm induces the grasshopper to seek out a large body of water and then leap into it.

The parasite, known as a hairworm, lives and breeds in fresh water. But it spends the early part of its life cycle eating away the innards of the grasshoppers and crickets it infects.

When it is fully grown, it faces a difficult problem, that of returning to water. So it has evolved a clever way of influencing its host to deliver just one further service - the stricken grasshopper looks for water and dives in."
>> Anonymous
>>218625
Mole Crickets used to do that at the swimming pool in the apartment complex I used to live in.
>> Anonymous
Anyone have the pic of the fingers with the animal in OP's picture shooped on to them?
>> Anonymous
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>>217122
weeeeeeeeeeeeee
>> Anonymous
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>>218827
Here you are... god this picture is fucking gross.
>> Anonymous
>>217601

not a parasite

it chews into the side of a fish to eat it, but the fish dies and doesn't carry the thing around

read your own definition, faggot
>> Anonymous
>>219380
is this shit real?......
>> Anonymous
>>219397
No, it isn't.
But its still just about the most disgusting thing I think I've ever witnessed. No matter how often I see it, it makes me want to vomit every time.
>> Anonymous
>>219397
its a disease you get from dirty keyboards
>> Anonymous
>>219472

I think the one with the lotus blossom shooped onto that breast to make it look like there are maggots burrowing into it gets me more.
>> Anonymous­­­­
>>217620

WE CAN USE THIS

TO KILL THIS

>>218531
>> Anonymous
Apparently Elephantitis is caused by internal parasites...
>> Anonymous
>>219392
Try running a search on 'parasitic lamprey'. Do you know why you get so many results? It's because many species are parasitic, which makes them parasites. They attach themselves to the side of the fish and obtains nutrients from the blood. The definition of parasite doesn't require that they live their entire lives on a host or that they not harm the host. The fact that the host fish is harmed and often dies just makes them necrotrophic parasites. Fleas are parasitic too. We're not talking about commensal symbiosis, dumbshit. Instead of trying to argue over shit you know nothing about, STFU and read an introductory bio text.
>> Anonymous
>>219472

That's the most disgusting thing ever?

The only way I can think of those being gross is if you got the mental image of them attacking your face.
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>> Anonymous
>>217620
Great video to watch while eating spaghetti.
>> Anonymous
>>219380
good shoops
the finger outside with lamprey mouth inside with teeth of some sort in between.
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>> meowoot !2Ut0aLTdBk
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Have fun /an/
>> AnonymousPrime !/RDa1B/y1o
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>>220289
Haha
>> meowoot !2Ut0aLTdBk
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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mind control !
>> That Gomez
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>>220289
>>220339
Oh how I hate her...
>> Anonymous
>>217559
WHAT THE FUCK ALIEN SYMBIOTES