Mind-controlling Parasites!
Hank introduces us to some freaky parasites that use mind control to hijack the brains of their hosts.
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Human parasites episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABeBqbBy2Lo
Sources:
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/30/141832947/invasion-of-the-mind-controlling-parasites
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/full/440756a.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0901_050901_wormparasite.html
http://www.radiolab.org/2009/sep/07/the-scratch/
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/11/03-0143_article.htm
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1657166/researchers_link_parasites_to_schizophrenia/
Images:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinochordodes_in_Meconema.jpg
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Human parasites episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABeBqbBy2Lo
Sources:
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/30/141832947/invasion-of-the-mind-controlling-parasites
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/full/440756a.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0901_050901_wormparasite.html
http://www.radiolab.org/2009/sep/07/the-scratch/
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/11/03-0143_article.htm
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1657166/researchers_link_parasites_to_schizophrenia/
Images:
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1256&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=53z9OwQxy-fUkM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm%3Fdocid%3D11013&docid=pRO86T98uVCe1M&imgurl=http://www.ars.usda.gov/images/docs/11013_11207/toxocomposite2.jpg&w=530&h=376&ei=WVrzTsPHB4eOiALdoKzRDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=257&vpy=197&dur=4091&hovh=189&hovw=267&tx=100&ty=211&sig=100978043779609351469&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=191&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5977688562_c903b84c84.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paragordius_tricuspidatus.jpeg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinochordodes_in_Meconema.jpg
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1256&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=53z9OwQxy-fUkM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm%3Fdocid%3D11013&docid=pRO86T98uVCe1M&imgurl=http://www.ars.usda.gov/images/docs/11013_11207/toxocomposite2.jpg&w=530&h=376&ei=WVrzTsPHB4eOiALdoKzRDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=257&vpy=197&dur=4091&hovh=189&hovw=267&tx=100&ty=211&sig=100978043779609351469&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=191&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
