Leucochloridium paradoxum - Wikipedia
Leucochloridium paradoxum, the green-banded broodsac, is a parasitic flatworm (or helminth). Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea. The pulsating, green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host.
Green-banded broodsac: The brain-hijacking parasite that ...
2023年9月30日 · Why it's awesome: This parasitic flatworm is best known for creating disco zombies: It takes over the bodies of amber snails (Succinea) by clambering into their eyestalks and forcing them to...
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They don't walk... nor are they really dead. But these snails are zombies. They have been hijacked by a parasite that controls their brains and movements. It...
Leucochloridium - Wikipedia
Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.
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2019年8月23日 · Green-banded Broodsacs invade eyestalks (also known as tentacles) of snails after growing inside the victims’ bodies. Often, both eyestalks become occupied. Once inside the eyestalk, a worm starts a “dance,” pulsating back and forth. The worms' motion and color pattern make it look like caterpillars sticking out of the snail’s head.
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