Wasp Larvae Feed on Zombie Roaches

TheUploader writes "The story leaves nothing to embellish: The wasp, Ampulex compressa, has evolved to inject a toxin into a specific part of a roach's brain, turning it into a zombie. The wasp then leads the zombie roach into the wasp's nest, lays eggs inside it, and waits for its young to hatch, who will then go on to do the same to more roaches."

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I KNOW I KNOW OOO I KNOW

[technoextreme]

Now how do we get one into Bush/Gates/[insert your favorite villain here]?

Pray to god the wasp evolves yet again and feeds on this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7491302/

Re:More proof..

[IamLarryboy]

" ... we were created in god's images. As the old saying goes, we hurt the ones we love. So, god must do the same ..."

Your argument as I understand it including implied elements:

Christians claim, "God is good."
We also claim, "Humans are like God."
Humans are bad
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Therefore
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Christianity is ridiculous because both claims cannot be true.

However one of your premises is false and your argument fails. We were created in Gods image. That does not imply that we remained in that state. Infact it is a central tennet of Christianity that we did not remain in that state. That we are fallen, or bad.

As an aside, far from your intention of dismissing Christianity you have explicitly acknowledged one of its central premises. That is, humans are inherently bad.

Re:Evolved

[MyLongNickName]

I am not an IDer. Intelligent Design is not science.

That being the case, you, along with the other people who have jumped to this conclusion about me have revealed something about yourself. You are hypersensitive about criticism, or even questioning of your beliefs. You are no better than the people who assume to world was created 6,000 years ago and want to ban any other kind of teaching.

Though I am not an IDer, there are many things that occur in nature that make you go 'hmmmmm'. When you need to take baby steps to evolve, but you see something in nature that appears not to be reachaable through baby steps (individual steps seem to create a disadvantage to the organism). In fact, alternate scientifc theories have tried to account for this by arguing that there are periods of "hyper evolution"... periods were extreme mutation rates occured, giving the opportunity to make multiple mutations in short periods. Not sure how scientifically sound the theory is, but it does show it is not just IDers who think the theory needs some refinement, or better understanding.

Yet, if someone questions current theory, they are shouted down.