amazing pricks of nature (1 Viewer)

[JohnnyRaz]

in order to raise thumped from the grave, i give you the cuckoo bumble bee

http://www.bumblebee.org/cuckoo.htm

 

[pete]

Hornets:

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[JohnnyRaz]

Pseudomonas syringae pv aesculi, coming to a chestnut tree near you.

http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/Alert_List/bacteria/Pseudomonas_s_aesculi.htm

 

[EGE YURTUM]

...Cymothoa Exigua... a horrible wretch...

 

[pete]

Black bears like to have litters of two or three cubs, as it takes a similar amount of effort to raise one cub as it does three. Because of this, it has been documented that if a black bear gives birth to just one cub, she will sometimes simply abandon it and will hope for a larger litter the following year. Unlike many animals that may abandon young which are sick or weak, the bear will abandon the youngster simply for being on its own.

http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-bad-animal-kingdom-mothers_3.html

 

[JohnnyRaz]

...Cymothoa Exigua... a horrible wretch...

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that looks like a model from 'Alien'..

com'n guys - nature is full of pricks - this one made darwin doubt the existance of an loving god;

http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketsc...s_caterpillars_into_headbanging_bodyguard.php

 

[P. Littbarski]

...Cymothoa Exigua... a horrible wretch...

Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host's blood and many others feed on fish mucus

Living the dream !

 

[JohnnyRaz]

parasitic castrators - now why does that sound familiar?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacculina_carcini

 

[JohnnyRaz]

lock this thread...
http://dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2011/01/after-one-year-just-tip-of-iceberg.html