Leucochloridium paradoxum - Wikipedia
Leucochloridium paradoxum, the green-banded broodsac, is a parasitic flatworm (or helminth). Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea. The pulsating, green …
Green-banded broodsac: The brain-hijacking parasite that creates …
2023年9月30日 · Why it's awesome: This parasitic flatworm is best known for creating disco zombies: It takes over the bodies of amber snails (Succinea) by clambering into their eyestalks …
Leucochloridium - Wikipedia
Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in …
Zombie Snails | World's Deadliest - YouTube
2012年10月15日 · They don't walk... nor are they really dead. But these snails are zombies. They have been hijacked by a parasite that controls their brains and movements. It...
'Zombie snails' have been spotted at California lake. Here's what …
A parasite commonly called "the zombie snail" has been found at Lake Murray. In 2019, a student of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Ryan Hechinger found a snail that looked a...
Leucochloridium variae - Wikipedia
Leucochloridium variae, the brown-banded broodsac, is a species of trematode whose life cycle involves the alternate parasitic infection of certain species of snail and bird.
Zombies in Nature: Parasites and Diseases that Cause Zombie …
2024年3月7日 · Wesołowski’s research reveals the extent of the snail’s torment: infected individuals become hyperactive, climbing to perilous heights in a frenzied bid to attract bird …
Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails …
2014年9月19日 · This is Leucochloridium, a parasitic worm that invades a snail's eyestalks, where it pulsates to imitate a caterpillar. The worm then mind-controls its host out into the open for …
Parasitic Worm Makes Snail a Zombie So Birds Will Eat It
2019年8月12日 · This zombie snail. A parasitic worm Leucochloridium has taken over its motor functions and eye stalks, making them into caterpillar mimics so birds will eat them.
Zombie Snails! - shellmuseum
2019年8月23日 · Green-banded Broodsacs invade eyestalks (also known as tentacles) of snails after growing inside the victims’ bodies. Often, both eyestalks become occupied. Once inside …