Mind-control parasites have been a staple of science fiction for decades. But Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that not only do they exist in real life, they sometimes affect humans!
Links for this episode:
- Kathleen McAuliffe’s book “This Is Your Brain on Parasites”
- Wikipedia on Symbiosis
- Behavior-Altering Parasite
- Lancet Liver Fluke (victim: ants)
- Horsehair Worm (victim: crickets)
- Leucochloridium Paradoxum (victim: snails)
- Leucochloridium Pardoxum causing snail’s eyestalks to pulse
- Jewel Wasp (victim: cockroaches)
- Toxoplasma Gondii (victim: rats)
- Dinocampus Coccinellae (victim: lady bugs)
- Sacculina barnacles (victim: crabs)
- Rabies
- Red Queen Hypothesis
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