One pattern is that with real parasite stories, there's a kind of "welp, shit happens" element to it, but you learn something about parasite biology. With made-up parasite stories, they often have a "lesson of the day" morality angle to it, and you come away with misconceptions about parasites.
The Kangaroo Leech is so-called not because it feeds on kangaroos, but because it carries its babies in a pouch. They go riding on crabs to look for frogs, and throw their babies in the frog's face, like a cloud of blood-sucking confetti #Invertebratedailyparasite.blogspot.com/2015/10/mars...
Leeches are not endearing animals and many are literal blood-suckers. As a result they often evoke a sense of disgust in most people, and th...
I've heard some people out there are into feet pics so here's some WIP of a load of tube feet #Invertebrate#SciArt
The Kangaroo Leech is so-called not because it feeds on kangaroos, but because it carries its babies in a pouch. They go riding on crabs to look for frogs, and throw their babies in the frog's face, like a cloud of blood-sucking confetti #Invertebratedailyparasite.blogspot.com/2015/10/mars...
Leeches are not endearing animals and many are literal blood-suckers. As a result they often evoke a sense of disgust in most people, and th...
Maybe I should make a collection of posts which are like "Snopes for Parasite" where I fact-check parasite-related stories that tend to go around online, and in doing so, talk about actual parasite biology and deconstruct why people uncritically accept and spread those stories.
It's really surreal to see Japan's next Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru doing all this publicity about how much of an otaku he is, because there was a whole thing in Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction about the PM in that story being a massive otaku
New discovery about gurnards/sea robins and their little "legs". These fish can "taste" the sand with those finger-like appendages, which are derived from their fins. It turns out that developmentally speaking, those little "legs" comparable to our own limbs www.abc.net.au/news/science... 🐟🧪
Imagine wading in the shallows at the beach and tasting mussels and clams hidden under the sand — with your feet. A new study shows fish species evolved to do just that.
"Welcome to the ocean! The water is fine and most importantly, ALIVE! Now what would you like? Dinner? A swim? Or perhaps a game of...TAG?" Yuzhi the Piscicolid (fish leech) Monster Girl loves fish blood and is always up for a spirited game of "tag" www.deviantart.com/the-episiarc...#Invertebrate
It's cold and dark in the deep waters of Antarctica, and yet the leech Pterobdellina vernadskyi still cling on to its host, the Antarctic toothfish, for some of that sweet, sweet antifreeze-rich blood dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2021/04/pter...#Invertebrate 🧪
If you've ever been out hiking in the wilderness, you would know that there is no shortage of tiny animals out there that love nothing more ...
Freshwater mussels: [exist] Leeches: It's free real estate www.nature.com/articles/s41...#Invertebrate 🧪
