tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89595819452693477392024-03-05T03:55:15.617-08:00Parasites On ParadeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721553966046130477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959581945269347739.post-19329736111135544992013-01-26T17:17:00.000-08:002013-01-26T17:17:32.569-08:00Nematomorpha, AKA hairworms, induce host "suicide".From the Evolution fb page:<br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;">We have previously covered horrific parasites like Cymothoa exigua and the Cordyceps fungus (links below). Here's another terrifying parasite to add to the list.<br /><br />Nematomorphs, also known as hairworms, are parasites that mature within their terrestrial hosts. Once the host has been infected, the hairworm will increase greatly in size. The mature worm will be much longer than the host itself and it<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> will fill most of the “host cavity with the exception of the head and legs.” However, once they are sexually mature, the hairworms are only able to reproduce in an aquatic environment. In order to ensure that they will reach the water, some species of nematomorphs have been known to manipulate the behaviour of their hosts.<br /><br />Infected insects, like grasshoppers, have been known to ‘commit suicide’ by jumping into the water, whereupon the adult hairworm will emerge from its host. Typically, the process has two phases. The host will initially wander into unusual habitats until a water body is reached. After that, the host will jump into the water. Clearly, the grasshopper is not doing this of its own free will. A study has discovered that the gene of the parasite is being expressed as behaviour in the host. The hairworm produces mimetic proteins similar to those already present in the nervous system of the host. By way of these proteins, the hairworm is able to control the hosts movements, ensuring that it is able to reproduce.<br /><br />In the words of Shelley Adamo, expert in insect behavioural physiology, "It's a very novel study, because there are very, very few papers on how behaviour actually changes."<br /><br />Read all about it: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F14l1Uwk&h=FAQGMF1xvAQGm-MclayZy4YdZNkl17_9ICr8Eg6Fvk3uPbQ&s=1" original_target="http://bit.ly/14l1uwk&h=faqgmf1xvaqgm-mclayzy4ydznkl17_9icr8eg6fvk3upbq&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank" verdict_1d5jeca="OK">http://bit.ly/14l1Uwk</a><div mcballoonconfig="{IsPremium:true,unratedSubmitText:"Submit for testing",resoureBaseUrl:"sacore:",siteReport:{requestArgs:"pip=false&premium=true&client_uid=2526395300&client_ver=3.5.0.229&client_type=IEPlugin&suite=true&aff_id=105&locale=en_us&ui=1&os_ver=6.1.1.0",siteReportBaseUrl:"http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/",linkText:"Read site report"},balloonSetup:{},CCHeader:"Site Content:",features:{highlite:false,showIcons:true},upsellInfo:{display:false},uid:"",HeaderText:""}" mclinkinfo="{linkConfig:{filterLink:false,disableLink:false,icon:"green.gif",highlightColor:"#CCFFCC",iconWidth:16,iconHeight:16},hackerSafe:false,phishingblacklisted:false,domain_specifier:"bit.ly",popularity:"VERY_POPULAR",dossierUrl:"https://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/http://bit.ly/14l1uwk%26h%3dfaqgmf1xvaqgm-mclayzy4ydznkl17_9icr8eg6fvk3upbq%26s%3d1/-?pip=false&premium=true&client_uid=2526395300&client_ver=3.5.0.229&client_type=IEPlugin&suite=true&aff_id=105&locale=en_us&ui=1&os_ver=6.1.1.0",balloonConfig:{CCUpsell:"",popFunc:"pocpop",adjustLeft:0,adjustTop:0,adjustZ:0,localescale:"1.0"},base_domain:"bit.ly",recommendation:"We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.",score:"OK",facets:{download:{recommendation:{0:"In our tests, we found downloads on this site were free of adware, spyware, and other potentially unwanted programs.",1:"1 green download"},score:"OK"},annoyance:{recommendation:{0:"When we browsed this site we didn't receive any pop-ups.",1:"0 pop-ups"},score:"OK"},link:{recommendation:{0:"When we visited this site, we found that most of its links are to sites which are safe or have only minor safety/annoyance issues.",1:"Linked to green sites"},score:"OK"}},linkTitleEncoded:"&#104&#116&#116&#112&#58&#47&#47&#98&#105&#116&#46&#108&#121&#47&#49&#52&#108&#49&#85&#119&#107&#32"}" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 16px; margin-left: 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 16px;">
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<a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=588305944517718&set=a.427991027215878.121441.427481527266828&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf&src=https%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-snc6%2F196380_588305944517718_319021536_n.jpg&size=800%2C600&theater" class="uiPhotoThumb photoRedesignAspect" data-ft="{"type":41,"tn":"E"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=588305944517718&set=a.427991027215878.121441.427481527266828&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf" rel="theater" saprocessedanchor="true" style="border: 0px; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; position: relative;"><img alt="We have previously covered horrific parasites like Cymothoa exigua and the Cordyceps fungus (links below). Here's another terrifying parasite to add to the list.
Nematomorphs, also known as hairworms, are parasites that mature within their terrestrial hosts. Once the host has been infected, the hairworm will increase greatly in size. The mature worm will be much longer than the host itself and it will fill most of the “host cavity with the exception of the head and legs.” However, once they are sexually mature, the hairworms are only able to reproduce in an aquatic environment. In order to ensure that they will reach the water, some species of nematomorphs have been known to manipulate the behaviour of their hosts.
Infected insects, like grasshoppers, have been known to ‘commit suicide’ by jumping into the water, whereupon the adult hairworm will emerge from its host. Typically, the process has two phases. The host will initially wander into unusual habitats until a water body is reached. After that, the host will jump into the water. Clearly, the grasshopper is not doing this of its own free will. A study has discovered that the gene of the parasite is being expressed as behaviour in the host. The hairworm produces mimetic proteins similar to those already present in the nervous system of the host. By way of these proteins, the hairworm is able to control the hosts movements, ensuring that it is able to reproduce.
In the words of Shelley Adamo, expert in insect behavioural physiology, "It's a very novel study, because there are very, very few papers on how behaviour actually changes."
Read all about it: http://bit.ly/14l1Uwk
Also see: http://bit.ly/anHIU0
An explanatory video: http://bit.ly/10XRVzc
Image Source: http://bit.ly/TB8f5P
C. exigua post: http://on.fb.me/SRJHBX
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721553966046130477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959581945269347739.post-87873374115037976472012-11-25T08:32:00.001-08:002012-11-25T08:32:27.588-08:00"Not all bowel movements are created equal."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"> So say ELIZA BARCLAY AND MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF in the npr piece, Making Sense Of Colors And Shapes In The Toilet -- </span><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/02/164196276/making-sense-of-colors-and-shapes-in-the-toilet?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20121125" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/blogs/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>health/2012/11/02/164196276/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>making-sense-of-colors-and-shap<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>es-in-the-toilet?ft=3&f=111787<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>346&sc=nl&cc=es-20121125</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721553966046130477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959581945269347739.post-50995147642736979152012-11-23T10:23:00.001-08:002012-11-23T10:23:15.288-08:00Dating in the post-Contagion (Cimexian) world<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can't be too careful, you know...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721553966046130477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959581945269347739.post-53999593158479798082012-11-20T09:04:00.001-08:002012-11-20T09:04:40.044-08:00As you may know, mistletoe is a "hemi-parasitic" plant...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">And here's some really, REALLY bad news -- there will be a SERIOUS shortage of mistletoe this year due to the drought in Texas. (GASP!) --</span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/is-kissing-under-the-mistletoe-dated/" original_target="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/is-kissing-under-the-mistletoe-dated/" rel="nofollow nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank" verdict_1d7c8h6="OK">http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>headlines/2011/12/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>is-kissing-under-the-mistletoe-<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>dated/</a><br />
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<span class="userContent">How to prevent brood parasitism by cuckoos : Teach your unhatched chicks a password -- The Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, along with 40% of cuckoos is a brood parasite. They lay their eggs in the nests of another bird species, which will in turn often mistakenly raise the young cuckoo as their own. Research has explored the evolutionary arms race between cuckoos and their hosts for many years and has exposed an array of tactics each team uses to help their young win out, including cuckoos booting nest mates out & exploiting sensory biases in the host, hosts develop ways to detect foreign eggs & chicks, and both parasite & host changing the colour & pattern of their eggs. Now in a new study published in Current Biology, researchers from Flinders University in Australia have discovered yet anot<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_hide"><span class="text_exposed_link" style="display: block; font-size: 11px; padding: 4px 12px 0px 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><a data-ft="{"tn":"e"}" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8959581945269347739" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer;">See More</a></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721553966046130477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959581945269347739.post-56038054570050902182012-07-19T13:26:00.002-07:002012-07-19T13:26:33.452-07:00The good news is that we live in the temperate zone...The good news is that we in North America live in the temperate zone, where (theoretically, at least) arthropod vectors die back on an annual basis, and thereby break the transmission cycle of diseases. The not-so-good news is that that most folks don't quite appreciate the importance of mosquitos as vectors of serious viral diseases in the United States.<br />
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Here's an article posted July 15, 2012 in medpagetoday.com regarding La Crosse Virus --<br />
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La Crosse Virus surges in kids -- http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/33753Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721553966046130477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959581945269347739.post-38325983550119142162012-07-15T10:26:00.000-07:002012-07-15T10:26:06.101-07:00Tap water may not be so bad for you, after all.Tap water may not be so bad after all:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Don't Get Sick, Stan!" is a<span style="background-color: white;"> children's book about the importance of handwashing, drinking clean water, and avoiding contaminated food for good health. Stan, a 3rd grader, goes to school and encounters a virus, a bacterium, a protozoan, and a parasitic worm, all of which can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. By taking simple precautions, he can avoid getting sick from these diseases. This book is appropriate for children in grades 3 through 6.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is available in printed form, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Sick-Stan-Alfredo-Colon/dp/1469944618/ref=tmm_pap_title_popover?ie=UTF8&qid=1341783025&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Sick-Stan-Alfredo-Colon/dp/1469944618/ref=tmm_pap_title_popover?ie=UTF8&qid=1341783025&sr=1-1</a> , or in Kindle edition, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Get-Sick-Stan-ebook/dp/B008I6JQIU/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1341783025&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Get-Sick-Stan-ebook/dp/B008I6JQIU/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1341783025&sr=1-1</a>.</span><br />
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