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Wasps use parasitic mites as baby bodyguards

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Uploaded on Jul 7, 2008

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Researchers have found that parasitic mites that live in the same nests as baby wasps actually protect them from intruders.

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  • DOX9500

    ahhh symbiotic relationships... most of us dont know it but the human gut is one big bacterial larder home to beneficial bacteria that aids digestion. ^^"

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  • dirtybird2212

    I love when nature does shit like this

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  • DOX9500

    That too! :D

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  • CheckNate22

    Oh no don't get me wrong, the footage is fantastic. I'm referring to the commentary, I should have been more specific.

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  • stickywiggit

    Mites are unbelievably tiny. I'm somewhat amazed they got this footage at all.

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  • CheckNate22

    These clips are made super poorly.

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  • MrGamergg

    0:12 it's a happy face :)

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  • havax ownz

    well hell, sounds like a disney movie in the making. just like the fox and the hound, but instead called the wasp and the mite.

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  • pmf05

    That means that they're not parasitic...

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  • edeldoe

    I thought I was being dis-informated once, then I realized it wasn't even a word. So as I relaxed in my now custom happy bubble, supplied with pure and true informate, I decided to go ahead and let the government do what ever it wanted. Because, and this is key, it doesn't really matter what the government does. All that matters is that I am fully and completely saturated with truth-steaks. That makes me think of poi! (85-1-28615157)

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  • Mitsos Mux

    smc to protect ur ladies !

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  • RustyNex

    yet we are the biggest and most dangerous parasite on earth

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