Comments on: Parasitic brainwashing and African sleeping sickness http://polyscience.org/2005/09/parasitic-brainwashing-and-african-sleeping-sickness/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: none of your bissuness http://polyscience.org/2005/09/parasitic-brainwashing-and-african-sleeping-sickness/#comment-167750 none of your bissuness Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:32:42 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=94#comment-167750 but can they take over humans! I have a very good reason to beilive they do. help me. parisites. parisites. but can they take over humans! I have a very good reason to beilive they do. help me. parisites. parisites.

]]> By: Peter Gunn http://polyscience.org/2005/09/parasitic-brainwashing-and-african-sleeping-sickness/#comment-445 Peter Gunn Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:24:29 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=94#comment-445 The "black spot" parasite which emmm.. cause black spots on fish, actually alter's the behaviour of the fish causing them to swim closer to the surface of the water in order to get eaten by birds. The reason for this is that the parasite actually breeds only in the stomach of birds. The offspring are passed (literally) by the bird back to water. The parasite then lives in snails, before returning to infect a fish. An incredible journey. The “black spot” parasite which emmm.. cause black spots on fish, actually alter’s the behaviour of the fish causing them to swim closer to the surface of the water in order to get eaten by birds.

The reason for this is that the parasite actually breeds only in the stomach of birds. The offspring are passed (literally) by the bird back to water. The parasite then lives in snails, before returning to infect a fish.

An incredible journey.

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