Nematomorph worm

[alw7]

Ewww no more going to the public pool.

[dalektaliban]

these things make xenomorphs look like boy scouts

[ghettoManga]

yuck. double yuck.

[AnarchyAo2]

I'm never going swimming in a swimming pool ever again.

[TeddyLeper]

OMG... If this doesn't scare the hell out of you, you're 'un-scare-able'.

[rockefoe]

NPR got me here

[LolitaSupreme]

Wow, these worms are assholes.

[NightmareGanon]

This makes The Happening make a bit more of sense. Because obviously pollen can alter the "don't shoot yourself" protein.

[EltBerserker]

holy fuck dude

[1379gerardo]

cracked got me here

[DarkGoddess666]

@1379gerardo WOOOO GO CRACKED

I got here too from cracked.... xD

[TheSolitaire1979]

they alter the behaviour of the host organism...makes you think

[tenchimuyo69]

woo nature u scary

[Pooky1991]

Parasites are th scariest creatures on earthXP I've even seen on animal planet what some of them can do to humans.

[HikariHime29]

I'm never eating Ramen Noodles again....

[EmmileneRosalina]

For some reason, the scientist sounds like Ferris Bueller.

[kageyami11]

@EmmileneRosalina Is that the guy from movie masonic agenda?

[peptob]

HAHA Zombies!

[CanaryKeeper]

MIND CONTROL! :O

[MamoDad]

It's like a sci-fi story where Aliens Attack and Takeover your Brains.

[jpfowler]

what is with people posting CRACKED? What does that mean?

[Pooky1991]

@jpfowler A website that usually have articles with top ten things related to what the articles about. Alot of people are discovering this vid from that sites article "The 7 most horrible parasites on the planet". Creepy stuff.

[keyinregulus3]

Wow that is amazing that a parasite could emit such a specially-tasked protein...I'm guessing this protein wouldn't convince humans to drown themselves in water now would it?

[Xalimata]

CRACKED

[mormongoaliegurl]

is there a publication of this research? I'm doing a thorough study of this for my parasitology class, and I'm interested in reading more about this study.

[Kilen81]

Now i know what i found in the water when i was about 12 years old... I thought it was fun when it tried to wriggle itself around my finger..... Hua....

[Matthew23and9]

is there an echo in here?

in here?

CRACKED

[BlackBirdZGTR]

CRACKED!

[Gumbo550]

LAS PLAGAS

[chauncey1973]

CRACKED

[solipsist8]

the scientist dude is kind of cute.

[Odjii]

highly evolved parasites are capable of this, good thing there are very few species of those. For a parasite to live in a well nourished healthy human without killing the host it has to be very advanced.

[ninaberithova]

I agree that it is nasty but very informative.  Why don't they teach you this in school?

[ReikaiDemon]

Because the education system in America is bullshit compared to other schools

[ProserpinaFC]

Because this isn't really needed to be known by the average post-industrial age child. XD

[sabrosa1mami]

@ninaberithova

They teach it in university. ^^

[jelloleggedjedi]

@ninaberithova They do, once you get into college, dumbass.

[JohnTheRipper222]

thats sick nasty!