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Zombie caterpillar controlled by voodoo wasps

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Uploaded on Jun 3, 2008

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Find out how a parasitic wasp can make a caterpillar protect its young.

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  • Aaron Glover

    Aaron Glover 1 year ago

    Of course it gonna be pissed off theres fucking little bugs crawling around inside it.

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  • KaoGamor

    KaoGamor 1 year ago

    ...as soon as the wasps hatch the catapillar will die... DUN! happy music starts

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  • saika mizuki

    saika mizuki 1 month ago

    it is not a voodoo wasp its a black wasp

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  • TitoDaMan

    TitoDaMan 1 month ago

    why does this girl sound retarded?

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  • XiaoGui17

    XiaoGui17 2 months ago

    Glyptapanteles phytometrae. Google for scientific articles, journals, etc.

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    in reply to Zhaun Bradfield Lee Hong (Show the comment)
  • keikooldsgoldenbird

    keikooldsgoldenbird 3 months ago

    I am frustrated

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  • Chris Chretien

    Chris Chretien 3 months ago

    you mad ?

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  • Millala Jovovitch

    Millala Jovovitch 4 months ago

    I dislike the title.

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  • Millala Jovovitch

    Millala Jovovitch 4 months ago

    I don't like the term because there is no such thing as what people put as "zombies"...they're just applying the term to a myth because its similar. I didn't dislike the video, by the way.

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  • xeokym

    xeokym 4 months ago

    It's a "voodoo wasp" because the caterpillar becomes like a zombie slave to the baby wasps/parasites, who use it to their own gain...duh. Is that not obvious?

    Not, it's not "scientific," but there's your explanation. I'm SURE they also have a scientific name as well, so there's no need to get your virtual panties in a bunch over it, going around disliking videos & causing general unrest on youtube. :P~~~

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  • SuperChaitea

    SuperChaitea 5 months ago

    They can take over spiders too.

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