Comments on: Video: Gordian worm leaves its cricket host http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 11:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hassan-i-sabbah http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233739 hassan-i-sabbah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233739 Yup.what the above said....yup. Yup.what the above said….yup.

]]> By: neurolux http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234252 neurolux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234252 I was expecting the gordian worm to be all tied up like xmas lights I was expecting the gordian worm to be all tied up like xmas lights

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233742 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233742 I thought it was ants that the fluke made climb high to be eaten I thought it was ants that the fluke made climb high to be eaten

]]> By: Alfie http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233749 Alfie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233749 TAKUAN: Reead the diabolic post. Zombie Snails need Braaaains. TAKUAN: Reead the diabolic post.

Zombie Snails need Braaaains.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234775 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234775 Zombie crab! Oh goodness. I guess it's extra sleeping pills for me until that image passes. Zombie crab! Oh goodness. I guess it’s extra sleeping pills for me until that image passes.

]]> By: zuvembi http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233753 zuvembi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233753 Yeaaahh, and it's posts like these that make glad I have noscript/flashblock on. Being able to read the comments before even being tempted with a teaser image is a *good* thing. Yeaaahh, and it’s posts like these that make glad I have noscript/flashblock on. Being able to read the comments before even being tempted with a teaser image is a *good* thing.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233757 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233757 oh yeah, cordyceps...got some relatives like that... oh yeah, cordyceps…got some relatives like that…

]]> By: slywy http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233761 slywy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233761 #!2, because it grows as it consumes the insect's innards. It leaves when the insect is near water, and the host is left dead. #!2, because it grows as it consumes the insect’s innards. It leaves when the insect is near water, and the host is left dead.

]]> By: bubbleman http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233780 bubbleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233780 OMG, lately I have been drawn to large bodies of water. Been feeling constipated too. Could it be....NAW.. OMG, lately I have been drawn to large bodies of water. Been feeling constipated too. Could it be….NAW..

]]> By: joelphillips http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233783 joelphillips Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233783 Accompanying the original Nature article is an even more disgusting video of the worm emerging from a frog's mouth after the frog has eaten a cricket, which hosted the worm. The frog is not very happy about this. I expect that you need a Nature subscription to watch the film. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/extref/440756a-s3.mov http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/full/440756a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/suppinfo/440756a.html Accompanying the original Nature article is an even more disgusting video of the worm emerging from a frog’s mouth after the frog has eaten a cricket, which hosted the worm. The frog is not very happy about this.

I expect that you need a Nature subscription to watch the film.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/extref/440756a-s3.mov
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/full/440756a.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/suppinfo/440756a.html

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233799 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233799 Another example of a parasite controlling the hosts behavior, in this case causing suicide, as the worm needs water to emerge (although considering the size of the worm, I believe the host would be dead anyway once the worm left). The wikipedia page has another longer video that explains the process. Another example of a parasite controlling the hosts behavior, in this case causing suicide, as the worm needs water to emerge (although considering the size of the worm, I believe the host would be dead anyway once the worm left).

The wikipedia page has another longer video that explains the process.

]]> By: error404 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234569 error404 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234569 there is a barnacle...or is it a limpet?....any way it adhers to the top side of a crab and bores through into the head and becomes the crab. I know it's like a giant Mech Appleseed style thing but with a zombie theme. there is a barnacle…or is it a limpet?….any way it adhers to the top side of a crab and bores through into the head and becomes the crab.

I know it’s like a giant Mech Appleseed style thing but with a zombie theme.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233805 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233805 nnuygen, If you're bored, please don't let us keep you. nnuygen,

If you’re bored, please don’t let us keep you.

]]> By: duus http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234062 duus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234062 That happened to me once. Sucked. That happened to me once. Sucked.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233817 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233817 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6CvzUDsOFQ&feature=related">Ducklings and puppies</a> to the rescue! Ducklings and puppies to the rescue!

]]> By: bwcbwc http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-235618 bwcbwc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235618 In a swimming pool, eh? I think my kids trips to the local public pool are over for this lifetime. In a swimming pool, eh? I think my kids trips to the local public pool are over for this lifetime.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233827 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233827 That's knot a Gordian worm... (Just kidding) That’s knot a Gordian worm… (Just kidding)

]]> By: Fart Sandwich http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233861 Fart Sandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233861 That, my friends, is fucking disgusting. And, disgustingly awesome. With the transitive theory of awesome, it's: fucking disgustingly awesome. That, my friends, is fucking disgusting. And, disgustingly awesome. With the transitive theory of awesome, it’s: fucking disgustingly awesome.

]]> By: gabu http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234131 gabu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234131 Ach! Barf. Ach! Barf.

]]> By: broussardish http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234415 broussardish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234415 I read the comments carefully and no one has asked the most obvious question: WHERE DOES THE WORM GO NEXT!!! It's in a swimming pool for God's sake. Warn the children! I read the comments carefully and no one has asked the most obvious question: WHERE DOES THE WORM GO NEXT!!! It’s in a swimming pool for God’s sake. Warn the children!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-234417 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-234417 too late...heh....heh...heh too late…heh….heh…heh

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233906 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233906 There's a really good discussion and additional video materials on how the worm goes about modifying the behavior of the insect host: http://www.canal.ird.fr/canal.php?url=/programmes/recherches/grillons_us/index.htm There’s a really good discussion and additional video materials on how the worm goes about modifying the behavior of the insect host:

http://www.canal.ird.fr/canal.php?url=/programmes/recherches/grillons_us/index.htm

]]> By: Lea Hernandez http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233668 Lea Hernandez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233668 DAAAAAH! Unicorn chaser! DAAAAAH! Unicorn chaser!

]]> By: JoeKickass http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233670 JoeKickass Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233670 Congratulations, that's the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Congratulations, that’s the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233673 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233673 iz like wheena tha pasta she too al dente! iz like wheena tha pasta she too al dente!

]]> By: nnguyen http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233678 nnguyen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233678 isn't this like the third time this video has been posted on boing boing? (or if not, then you guys are like waaaay behind in internet time) isn’t this like the third time this video has been posted on boing boing? (or if not, then you guys are like waaaay behind in internet time)

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233935 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233935 Now if we could just power our vehicles with those worms, we'd be all set. Now if we could just power our vehicles with those worms, we’d be all set.

]]> By: Abby http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233680 Abby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233680 Gross, but not as bad as it could be. You want disgusting? Be glad this isn't one linked on Fazed a few months ago - in it, the host is a grasshopper or something like that. The person taking the video had crushed the host and showed the worm(s?) wriggling out in all its horror. Not linking because I have no intention on finding it again. Gross, but not as bad as it could be.
You want disgusting? Be glad this isn’t one linked on Fazed a few months ago – in it, the host is a grasshopper or something like that. The person taking the video had crushed the host and showed the worm(s?) wriggling out in all its horror. Not linking because I have no intention on finding it again.

]]> By: Orchestra Spy http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233682 Orchestra Spy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233682 wtf is internet time? anyway, chewing on that first mouthful of jerk pork roti and I see this god damn worm crawling out! Gets me thinking I should floss. wtf is internet time?
anyway, chewing on that first mouthful of jerk pork roti and I see this god damn worm crawling out! Gets me thinking I should floss.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/15/video-gordian-worm-l.html#comment-233692 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233692 why is an emerging worm gross? Why doesn't the feeling of relief dominate? why is an emerging worm gross? Why doesn’t the feeling of relief dominate?

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