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Wasp Larvae Feed on Zombie Roaches

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the make-them-200-feet-tall-and-you-have-a-movie dept.

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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  1. Oy... by MacUNIX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and....slashdotted...

  2. slasdot by Nico3d3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks like we already have another victim of the slashdot effect... Is there a mirror of this site somewhere?

  3. Re:More proof.. by b100dian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mark Twain is the Prophet of God and the twains that He marks are Two.

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