Zombie Cockroach...there I said it.

[garion888]

Read Up (http://loom.corante.com/archives/2006/02/02/the_wisdom_of_parasites.php)

Edit: Ooh and notice how quickly the opportunity for scientific discussion goes down the toilet in the comments... /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[diebitter]

WOW! I cant conceive of how this evolved though! That's to say I can't see how the intermediate steps of this process would proceed. At what point would the wasp be able to do something to control the cockroach?

I guess it's something like something in a certain wasp's venom, or sting shape/position/movement caused the cockroach to move into conditions which favoured the wasp offspring survival (I dunno, to cause it to scurry under cover or something).

Isn't life wonderful!

[Borodog]

That is some severely [censored] up [censored].

[Rduke55]

Awesome story. I spent quite a bit of time in a bar with the head guy on this (our labs collaborated when I was in grad school) and I never get tired of hearing about it.
Creepy when you think about it though. And people think human are bad. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[morphball]

I think it's only a matter of time before the insects take over...seriously though, this stuff is spooky.../images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[fnord_too]

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That is some severely [censored] up [censored].

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(I hate doing the quote only response, but that sums things up perfectly)

[Piers]

I think its sweet the way the wasp takes such good care of their babies.

[Gobgogbog]

Absolutely mindblowing.

[wacki]

pretty cool. Zombie ants and Haitian human zombies are cooler though. Then there are zombie jackets of human flesh.

Google it! or archive it.

[Rduke55]

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Zombie ants and Haitian human zombies are cooler though

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No way!

[madnak]

Don't forget zombie dogs (http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=zombie+dogs&sourceid= opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8).