Name: CRAZIEST Cases Of MIND CONTROL In Nature!
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From parasites that pop ant's heads off, to making animal-computer-hybrid robots, here

are 10 of the most fascinating cases of mind control in nature.

Euhaplorchis Californiensis The Euhaplorchis Californiensis is a parasite

that is primarily found in southern California.

These parasites live on the gut of shorebirds.

Once the very tiny eggs of these parasites develop, they are released into the waters

These eggs will live and develop into larva if they are swallowed up by snails.

Once the larvae reach a certain stage, they are able to escape the snails which is when

They continue to live in the brain of the killifish, where the parasites begin to control

Once in the brain, the mind control begins.

The parasites make the killifish swim to the surface of the ocean where they will swim

This makes it easy for the shorebirds to see the killifish, catch them, and then eat them.

Once the shorebirds have eaten an infected killifish, the cycle begins again!!

Acacia Trees Ants and acacia trees have had a relationship

For the longest time, people just assumed this is how it was and no one really looked

into the reasoning for this relationship.

That was until some scientists discovered that the relationship is actually more one

sided than what people have previously thought.

On the outside, this relationship looks to be a win-win for both the ants and the trees.

The acacia trees provide the ants with food and hollow thorns, which can be used as nests

In return, the ants protect the acacia trees from herbivores.

Further research has shown that the ants also keep bacteria away from the leaves of the

acacia trees, which helps keep the trees overall good health.

However, continued research from scientists has shown that there is a bit of manipulation

from the acacia trees to help keep this relationship strong.

It turns out that the food the ants eat from the acacia trees actually contains a chemical

which will change their brain chemicals and put the ant into a defensive mode; making

them more likely to protect the acacia trees.

Phorid Flies Phorid flies are very tiny flies that love

Over 20 species of Pseudacteon flies are known to take over fire ants in South America.

As an adult they are about the size of an ant's head.

The female fly attacks the ant to insert anywhere from 100 to 300 of its eggs into its thorax.

Once the eggs hatch, the larvae move to the head of the ant, take over their minds and

This is why they are also called ant-decapitating flies.

The larva keeps its host functioning and stays in the relative safety of the colony.

Then when the maggot is ready, it makes the ant leave the colony and die in a humid, cool

It releases a chemical that dissolves the ant's membranes, causing the ant's head

The larva then begins to pupate inside the head, and when it's ready, a new ant-decapitating

These flies are now being brought into the US to control the population of black and

red fire ants that have started to invade and cause millions of dollars worth of damage

So if you see a bunch of severed ants heads, you'll know why!!

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The Alcon Blue Butterfly There is a beautiful parasitic butterfly which

These butterflies are called the Alcon blue butterfly and before they turn into butterflies,

they manipulate ants into taking care of them.

They basically do this in the same way that the Toxoplasma Gondii parasite in mice fools

When the Alcon blue butterfly is still in the caterpillar stage, the caterpillar has

a smell on its outer coat which attracts the ants to it.

The ants actually “taste” this smell when their antenna touches the coat of the butterfly.

This smell can actually make the ants believe that the caterpillar is one of their own larvae.

The caterpillar is usually brought back to the ant colony where the ants are duped into

feeding the caterpillars more than they feed their own- probably because they are larger

and the ants think it is a super healthy larva of their own!

The ants are now in an evolutionary race with this butterfly species as colonies that have

been duped have been changing their chemical signature so that it doesn't happen again.

In the meantime, the caterpillar is changing its chemical signature to dupe other species

of ants to not deplete the population of host ants!

Hairworms and Grasshoppers A parasite known as Spinochordodes Tellinii

or more simply the hairworm, develops inside the grasshopper.

The worm then slowly begins to eat all the grasshopper's internal organs, leaving just

The worm can grow to be much bigger than the grasshopper, about three to four times bigger!!

Once the parasite is fully grown, it has complete control over the grasshopper.

It then brainwashed its host into a death dive into a body of water, which is something

the grasshopper would never do on its own.

From there, the worm can detach itself from the grasshopper and carry on with its adventures,

Once the worm is no longer attached to the grasshopper, the grasshopper is left to drown

For years, scientists have researched how and why these hairworms are able to brainwash

the grasshoppers to basically commit suicide.

Through their studies, researchers believe that the worm produces proteins which affect

the central nervous system of the grasshopper.

Toxoplasma Gondii Toxoplasma Gondii is a parasite that can actually

change your behaviour and how you act, especially towards your cat.

It is more commonly called Toxoplasmosis, which is the name of the infection Toxoplasma

Turns out that domestic cats are the only known definitive hosts where the parasite

can reproduce and the CDC says that about 40 million people in the United States alone,