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Boing Boing has a bizarre post about a special kind of wasp, the
Ampulex compressa, that uses its stinger to perform a type of brain surgery on roaches and then takes control of them. This thing will actually dive-bomb a roach, slip its stinger into the roach’s brain, and then use the roach’s antennae to steer it back home and lay an egg in it. Follow the link for a fascinating excerpt that explains the process in detail. Only nature could be this weird…
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Holy Crap!
Ooookay. Uh, thanks for the nightmares?
effing A!
whoa, that’s some crazy shite!
nothing like being eaten alive after turning into a vegetable.. reminds me of that epp where Stewie controls Chris