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Discussion: Suicidal Crickets, Zombies Roaches and Other Parasites Tales

Please watch the TED Talk ‘Suicidal crickets, zombies roaches and other parasite tales' and post something that you learn as well as whether you believe there could be parasites living inside of humans possibly controlling human minds.

Link:https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_yong_suicidal_wasps_zombie_roaches_and_other_tales_of_parasites#t-73256

Answer 1

Ed starts the talk with stories of Parasites taking control of other beings, persuading that sometimes when humans decipher an animal’s actions they may not always be in complete control of themselves. in his entire talk, it showed that Ed was fascinated by parasites because they abstain from simple stories as the reasons behind something involving a parasite are not obvious every time.
For example, when a Suicidal Cricket is infected by horsehair worm. The worm grows to adulthood inside a cricket but the worm needs to get to water to mate. It muddles the cricket’s brain to drive it to function eccentrically and ultimately drown in water.
Similarly, when Artemia (tiny Bring shrimp) are infected by a tapeworm, they vary in many ways. When seized they are altered and they live longer, become deep red, and swim in packs. This makes them more noticeable, and more tantalizing targets for the flamingos. Artemia is a vehicle to get a tapeworm inside a flamingo, and by swimming in packs they are not being companionable or shelter in numbers, they are exhibiting themselves more for the benefit of their parasite.
A cockroach poisoned by a wasp has venom injected directly into the brain. This makes the cockroach’s want to escape, and it instead follows the wasp to the lair where it gets injected with embryos. Finally, the embryos kill their host and burst from it.
Toxoplasma gondii can infect many mammals, but can only reproduce in a cat. If it gets into a rodent, the rat will run towards a cat and will get eaten, and allow Toxoplasma gondii to reproduce.
Humans also try to manipulate others, but their attempts are unskillful when compared to the perfect chemicals of the insects. However, the widespread use of parasites in nature makes us wonder if we are ourselves being manipulated. Toxoplasma gondii, for example, infects 1 in 3 humans, and while they show no apparent symptoms these people can score slightly different results in personality tests. Toxoplasma gondii infected humans also show increased rates of schizophrenia.