Leucochloridium paradoxum

[pymapymapyma]

これ最終的に目の位置まで食い進んでいかなかったっけ？

[bentenkozo99]

これ、ホントに恐ろしいのは体内に寄生されてるってだけでなく神­経まで支配されて行動を操られてるってこと。この寄生虫は繁殖す­る為には鳥の体内に入らないといけない、つまりは鳥に食われない­といけない。なので普通なら天敵である鳥に見付からない様に葉っ­ぱの裏側に隠れているカタツムリを操って葉の表側に移動させてし­まうんだ。

[ROLL9660]

これで生きてるのが不思議だわ。

体組織の結構な部分ヤラれてるのにね。

本当に必要な部分は限られてるんだな。

[shizimaru29]

塩を振りかけたい

[barak219]

can you cut that out?

[NTFEinstein]

@barak219 dude i so wanna see one cut out and see what it does by itself!

[C0D5Veteran]

he's moving sooooo slow. I think he wants the cameraman to eat him

[FlowingDepths]

WHERE'S THE SLEDGEHAMMER!? Jk of course, but freaking GAH that's nasteh! D=

[pix9]

poor worms, they want to live too

[AuryLee]

@pix9 fuck them

[Alchemist51X]

Snail: ''........WTF dude?!?"

[bellaKohler]

awww.... poor snail...

I wonder if it hurts him :( (well, it probably does... be I heard the worms take over the snails brain, so maybe he doesn't notice a thing... plz! aww!)

[desertazul]

how bizzare

[TomaCukor]

#LOL

#FAIL

[wafflecopter08]

are those the actual worms u can see in his fucking head?!

[Munkatten]

@wafflecopter08

Yes... Yes they are.

[thebagoftea]

if it where to happen to use, our eyes would be puslating and if i was infested

a shoot my self in bith eyes

set my self on fire

rip out my eyes and pour salt

slice my head off into an incinerator

[kklooooo]

Its time for sashimi... :-D

[sdafdsfsdfdsfsdf]

those worms are failing to invade the eyestalks....

[TimeWarpproductions]

ZOOOOMMMBIE SNAIIIL!!!

[anyong29]

LOL. Poor snail. Happy Worms.

[HELENATHENS]

OMG I am learning about this in Zoology.This is a snail from the family of Succinea and this worm in its body is a Leucochloridium (kind of Flatworms). The snail ate the eggs of this from the crap of the birds and the egg developed into this worm. And because the worm in the snail is shining from above this snail is going to be eaten very quickly by birdsa because they are distracted by the shine they see...

[pyrorecipelist]

my apologies. it is indeed real and FREAKING COOL

[pyrorecipelist]

something in my head is screaming fake...i'll google it before i say it is or not

[Scythemantis]

My favorite animal! I wish I could see this in person. The way it's moving inside the snail is haunting.

[jeffyyuan]

oh my god, that's so f**king gross

[normalpeople]

i feel the pain and itchy...

[Yayapilo]

it makes my skin crawl ewewewewe

[Andrew20a09]

The nature is so absurd.

[CHiLLaXiTiVeS]

Imagine how excruciating the pain would be

[l56qjmznlr0o13e]

They look like wormz and birds and stuff attack the snail and usual bite its eye stalks off, then cause theres parasites the bird gets infected. Ohh happy day. Happy day.

[ephduke]

Tremendously weird—another explored niche in the biosphere.

[sciencoking]

oh... poor snail :-(

[DolgorsurenDagvadorj]

Ez kibaszott geci undoritó. Már bocsánat

[Metatrongufi]

OMG what is just happening....... =O

[michelle21689]

i feel sorry for snaily :(

[Septum77]

If I would have a parasite I'd then want to die. I mean seriously, your a puppet to a worm.

[michelle21689]

i agree. i gave u a thumbsup since u had at tthumbsdown

[MecaDope]

OMG IT WANTS TO EAT MY......garden. >.> *gets shotgun*

[Kirov1234]

the snail looks pretty confused

[markorox]

u'd be too, if someone would be eating u from inside out:)

[sciencoking]

as if you wouldnt be confused if 2 giant pulsating worms were in your brain

[Theobtusellama]

That is amazing

[sbhk1]

FUCK!

[redfoxarts]

wtf!!! why did you cut it? sorry man

[wearejusthumanbeing]

is there 2 worms inside?

[StanleyStank]

My guess is....

Those are actually it's eyes the things that stick out are like little telescopes to see farther.

[Venatius]

Your guess is wrong. Those are two worms. Leucochloridium paradoxum, a species of parasite whose initial host is the snail.

[feebix]

nooooo ! that doesn`t look right ! thats a fake surely.The way they`re pulsating there for effect,thats not possible surely...

[darkdoom645]

no they pusate its a type of parasite like the one that kills grasshoppers

[JXZjeremy]

It's real.

[yadiyada123]

that is so fucked up...

[harvmiester1]

if i ever see a sail with those paristes in them, ill grab it, put it on the floor and stamp on it as hard as i can. atleast then it's death will be quick and painless.

[Venatius]

Actually, L. paradoxum doesn't kill its host, so you'd be killing it when it isn't dying.

[harvmiester1]

It would still be in extreme pain, so i'd be doing it a favour :)

[Venatius]

Near to impossible to say. Snails have virtually no nervous system and hence little, if any, means of experiencing pain. Of course, being repeatedly attacked by birds doesn't sound like much fun, so I do sorta see where you're coming from!

[talicohen]

some reckon its a display of an all powerful benevolence .......

[HaileyJane19]

Poor snail lol.

[SIN0820]

Bloody hell...I had goose bumps at 0.34....= ="

This really make me sick!!

[szej666]

If snails could scream, I wonder how loud this one would. That's eerily interesting

[darkyuho]

worm eat snail brains?

[rocknus]

yes

[tulo555]

lol poor snail,but it isnt a snail,its a water snail!

[talonakalu]

parasite are awful things.

[ScareBear]

I saw this on TV once.

Soooo cool. Parasites are so fascinating!

[tulo555]

god,please i dont want be a snail ;(

i prefer be a parasite

[RodrigoMera]

oooow shiiit... that looks painfull

I Swear I'm gonna be a good person, i don't want to born a snail in my next life...

[Sapwood2]

I thank God I don't believe in reincarnation, lol

[SilveniumTheDrifter]

Interesting looking creature...

[tulo555]

POOR SNAIL,STUPID WORMS

[emimeow]

omg wow... that's so sad

[Anime111Animal]

i think the snail looks much more coller and beautiful with that stuf in it

[emimeow]

but it gets into the snail then a bird eats it then ur cat eats it. thats right. ur cat is next. its gonna die. feel bad for the snail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Venatius]

I don't think you quite understand how this parasite works.

[emimeow]

please explain how the parasite works.??? i am interested.

[Venatius]

Gladly! In short, it starts out as eggs in bird droppings. Snail consumes eggs. Eggs hatch, larvae climb into snail's eye stalks and ruin its vision. Snail can barely see any more, can't tell light places from dark, so it no longer knows to stay safe in the dark. Larvae also swell its eyestalks to make them highly visible to birds. Bird eats snail (or part of it) and ingests larvae. Larvae lay eggs in bird. Repeat! They can't survive in other animals. No way to pass themselves on, you see.

[emimeow]

oh so if i ate one of the wormies, it would die anyway?

[Venatius]

Probably. Worst case scenario, it'd lay eggs you'd crap out later (without even being able to see them - microscopic or close to it) and that'd be the end of it. But chances are, since a human produces WAY more digestive acid (being larger and highly omnivorous) than a bird, that critter wouldn't survive long at all in you.

[emimeow]

yay! i'm not afraid of zombie snails anymore! thank u!

[Venatius]

No problem! I love these kinds of topics, so it's always a pleasure to talk about them.

[tulo555]

kill that snail please

[scojomasta]

well this is another of the MANY reasons i have to believe that god doesnt exist

[Rjina211]

Damn imagine that pulsing thing in YOUR eyes!! What a nightmare! And please keep your beliefs to yourselves...its quite annoying.

[timaaaahhhh]

Why is it annoying? He's allowed to have his, just as you are allowed to have yours. He's not forcing anything on anyone.

[eviluglyman]

That must really suck to be controled by parasites like that lol

[Crymsin]

Eh, it's not so bad.

[Rosalila]

as if the snail only consits of water on the inside!

[StephenSanma]

Seen this in Animal Planet, ugh and i had already forgotten how disgusting it was.

[precursor]

that is horrible....poor thing haha

[BluePlue]

Later it's gonna turn into a zombie snail -_- and it's gonna kill us all LOL!

[simontomika]

poor snail!!!

[HACEFRIOENLAMANANA]

no entiendo porque se meve asi.

[QuemSou]

crazy!

[dreadlOgs]

wtf? o.0

[fkaleo]

anybody can explain in english??

[TimeWillShadow]

It's a parasite called the Leucochloridium, it infects the snail and grows inside of it until its ready to complete the cycle of its reproduction. The parasite will move to the optical tentacle of the snail as seen here and create pulsating like movements. It does this to attract birds to eat the snail where the parasite infects the bird and the cycle starts all over again.

[HeraldAngel]

That's why I don't believe in evolution. That some higher-level intelligent design.

[TimeWillShadow]

Sorry, I don't believe in intelligent design. However I'm not saying you're wrong I just have my own beliefs. ;)

[HeraldAngel]

I know you not saying I am wrong.  It's the Truth. These laws we live in were brought to order just as this software/hardware config I'm texting you on redirects electromagnetic energy into your field of view from mine. He commands the bonds of atoms and all of it beyond space and time. It's all explainable, if you recognize the Author. He's given you that choice.

[giansantiago]

i dont really get that but i dont also believe in evolution

[IFuckUBitch]

stupid god believers don't know a damn thing!!

[Lasergoose]

See, TimeWillShadow was nice. You're just a dick.

[cindybeckner]

ok....