These Worms Turn Snails Into Disco Zombies

No, this snail isn't ready to rave. It couldn't be any more from the truth. It has been turned into a zombie by a mind-controlling parasite. And there's no other way to put this. It's pulsating inside the tentacles of the unfortunate snail. This is the green-banded broodsac.
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[@palestallion_tm]

Nature can be disturbing at times but the insect world is an exponential kind of horror

[@jarb151]

The smaller life gets the more disturbing it becomes

[@mephisto4673]

actually none of those animals are insects

[@SkykunDA]

​@@jarb151Can they beat Goku though?

[@belogical0]

You mean the world of invertebrates. The snail is a mollusc and the parasite is a flatworm.

[@nobody4y]

​@@SkykunDA Well if it involves Goku needing to get medical treatment involving needles then I would say yes.

[@SaintVodou]

Hey, it’s great to be human! Not once today have I worried about worms zombifying my eyestalks. You gotta be grateful for the little things…

[@sn5301679]

There a lot of parasites can infect us... Worms, flies, insect...

[@spectrespartan8140]

Better than a rave worm in yer wanker,lol

[@qupidsm]

But thetr are worms that can crawl under out skin .and little worms that can Live in our irises thpugh

[@saturnas]

The zombifying may not happen, but there are several parasites that can affect our eyes. Loa loa is a worm that doesn't "aim" for the eye (the baby worms live on bloodstream) but ends up being commonly found in human eyes. Some cysts or eggs from other worms can end up in the eye and cause problems (like clogging the blood supply or causing immune reactions) just by being there, even when the adult worm does not develop.

[@stormcrow7698]

Just don't eat slugs guy

[@TheCivildecay]

"Nature is so beautiful!" -people sitting safely in their homes

[@lesbarathirdir5178]

It _is_ beautiful, even in its sometimes horrific ways.

[@khanch.6807]

Beauty is Subjective

[@LunamrathP]

Ironic because _these_ kinds of comments are usually made by people that haven't gone outdoors a lot and made peace with it. Nature is beautiful.

[@CarltonSmith45]

​@@lesbarathirdir5178 There's nothing beautiful about this, you're just turbo-coping

[@Emper0rH0rde]

You're not wrong. The channel "Latest Sightings" is another testament to how horrifying nature can be. I can't watch most of those videos because the content is so disturbing.

[@dollarstorechicken]

I cannot describe how uncomfortable that made me feel.

[@sk3llyisdead]

if i was a snail i wouldnt let that happen to me personally

[@dominiquebruijn4190]

Yeah because all snails who letthis happen all like to see the insides of, for example, a bird.

[@cerberusgaming5149]

I totally agree with you 💯 These young generations of snails get into trouble themselves then cry about their situation later on

[@melissathwaites415]

Yeah, too many snails play the victim card

[@dominiquebruijn4190]

@@melissathwaites415 hahaha yes indeed. Scum😂😂

[@Rafael-ft1hu]

fr fr my guy, I wouldn't take that disrespect either

[@xenondoro8573]

Every time I hear about insects I'm more and more happy to be at the top of the food chain. It truly is a privilege to be a human.

[@zombyjano]

I mean all animals are susceptible to parasites, even us at the top of the food chain.

[@MMax00]

How long

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

It's not exactly a "privilege" to be on the top of food chain. We earned this status by exterminating all other contenders like other hominids or megafauna.

[@mikoro88]

Humans _can_ also get parasites! 😅

[@UH-60_Blackhawk]

​@@mikoro88but not parasites THIS BAD.

[@gunbun1048]

Narrator: "These snails often tend to go to the open areas more, which is not usual behaviour" The Snail: "SOMEONE OR SOMETHING PLEASE END MY SUFFERING!!!"

[@OmegaRedFan]

I do not like this narrator. Something is wrong

[@shaggyfeng9110]

@@OmegaRedFan You must enjoy meatcanyon as well.

[@AntiCensorshipGamer]

@@shaggyfeng9110 that pedo?

[@John-vz6lb]

Imagine how terrifying a human equivalent of this would be.

[@franciscocz8384]

cancer is terrifying enough, dont make it worse

[@xmuzel]

​@@franciscocz8384 but cancer isn't funky like this

[@drekson23]

Rabies

[@ihatcl]

​@@franciscocz8384 disco cancer

[@stephenolan5539]

Taxoplasma gondii

[@detectivetacco2085]

"the snail will regenerate its body and live a normal life" Me: id rather being eaten whole than needing to experience being infested again.

[@fikriasrofi5312]

Etternal sufering

[@majimagoro9981]

infester

[@KingJT80]

Just a shrooms trip to them...

[@Cam_88]

@@KingJT80 😂

[@catalincata9043]

@@fikriasrofi5312 similar like it says in the Holy Bible. The undead worm of hell. “Where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched” It comes in and out if you eternally.

[@keithprice1950]

This is genuinely horrific.

[@garronjohnson483]

Scientists: "The snail must be being mind controlled because the snail is going out into the dangerous open" The Snail: "Please, bird, kill me"

[@camvalles123]

Snail: *In excruciating pain* Video Title: DISCO EYEBALLS!

[@davidh5429]

@@imsotox Everything living has a sense of pain/damage. Even plants and trees.

[@nickimillennium3748]

@@davidh5429 People just tell themselves that certain animals don’t feel pain to feel better about harming them

[@ERROR-qh3zq]

@@nickimillennium3748 bullshit, not all animals can feel pain bro

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

@@davidh5429 trees dont have a nervous system

[@HelloCompanion]

@@Gigachad-mc5qz They are able to tell when they are damaged though asks they will avoid that source of damage if they can. Some plants even react to touch or certain liquids in real time to protect themselves from predators or catch food. It’s uncertain how this stimuli is perceived or managed, but it’s expected that it isn’t pleasant because it encourages the organism to move away from what’s causing it.

[@Voicesofdoom_legacy]

Disco isn’t dead. It’s undead

[@tragedyturnedtriumph4180]

Underrated comment 🤭

[@SaintVodou]

I agree with the other reply. Yours is at least a 1000-like comment.

[@victorprati7908]

Lol

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Laughing underground rn

[@juliusnepos6013]

Lol

[@kellyfeger]

I've never hated something so much in my entire life.

[@AV-xm5ln]

Omg girlie so true

[@IsntTheInternetGreat]

Have you never watched a Steven Seagal movie?

[@avalonjustin]

@@IsntTheInternetGreat True, but these parasitic worms are even more sickening than Segal's acting!

[@user-xu5ym4jd3m]

I remember seeing this kind of snale as a child in a village. It was shocking. I've told an adult: "look what is happening!" but no one actually paid attention. Then figured out what it was a few years later, reading about snail parasites.

[@trailingupwards]

Isn't it disturbing how incurious people are?

[@whimsygrove9971]

"Snale."

[@mayaspare5772]

it is...​@@trailingupwards

[@MapleMaf1a]

​@@trailingupwardsyea. They gotta be zombies themselves.

[@SeanLumly]

Moral of the story: don't eat poo.

[@briang.2218]

See here's my thought: why the hell hasn't this been adapted into any kind of post-apocalypse zombie concept yet. Would be gnarly as hell

[@kristingallo2158]

What's stopping you from writing it ?

[@zzodysseuszz]

It’s literally been done. The last of us literally uses the cordyceps as it’s virus

[@silviacarli5863]

Was used in a horror manga edit: had to look it up because it was bothering me, it was The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service

[@Desolas_]

Island of Giant Insects

[@deviousN]

Resident Evil 4

[@argonaut6386]

Mother Nature can be more horrifying than any movie 😬

[@John76125]

And yet people believe in god lol because apparently the universe is so perfect the way it is there must have been a creator…

[@argonaut6386]

@@John76125 Indeed. They would say there is a reason that one of his creatures is having its eye stalks eaten alive and in agony....they never seem to have the reason though 🤔

[@John76125]

@James.P lol just read zen. In the west you only have Christianity but there are thousands of other religions out there. I used to be a Christian I moved to zen which is the only religion you can experience alive right now. Through acceptance of your current state of mind. Magic starts to happen. Honest acceptance of how you feel is all thats required lol

[@John76125]

@James.P mainly tryna convert the guy above you tbf. Atheists are easier to reach than Christian’s lol + zen has a lot of interesting theories about reality which are starting to be considered by theoretical physics. For example zen believes reality, human consciousness is an emptiness and talks alot of nothingness being the truth of all reality. Which scientists looking into matter find out it’s mainly empty space of energy or something. But don’t forget zen is 2000 years ahead of the scientists lol so it’s interesting to take a look at.

[@John76125]

@James.P yeah they probably got enlightened lol or had similar experiances. There are some Christian mystics and Islamic mystic aswell like sufis. But most of them still rely on a god whereas zen requires no god to believe in.

[@jervelgarmon4845]

What a torturous experience! I get half eaten by worms that then controls my brain just to have my eye sockets ripped violently off my face so that it can be regenerated and go through it all over again

[@JuanTorres-ke5ul]

This disturbs me on a level that is so penetrating and incomprehensible, it horrified me to my very core.

[@williamswayuk]

Yes realising what a sick realm of suffering we're living in 😅😅

[@Johnarchiebald]

70% of life on this planet is parasitic

[@powpowouchy5]

It’s tapping into a long forgotten primordial fear

[@HitlerLovesAnime]

​@@powpowouchy5Wdym? What are you talking about?

[@powpowouchy5]

@@HitlerLovesAnimei don’t know exactly, but I get the same deeply uncomfortable sensation watching these snails as I do when I see a bunch of clustered holes together. Trypophobia without the holes, I guess. So I think it has to do with our ingrained instincts to avoid things like this.

[@AirGoddess1087]

That is both horrifying and absolutely disgusting! Also, those poor snails! They must be in so much pain when this happens 😫 😓

[@CherryPac]

​@@TotsugekiKunLol. Oh.

[@LoneWanderer69]

Snails have less consciousness than your dishwasher; don’t worry about it.

[@meoff7602]

Slugs might even have pain receptors to begin with and the increase movement is just searching for more food because it's feeding an unwanted guest.

[@darksnow1111]

They don't perceive pain like you do. Not sure they even have pain receptors

[@jpined14]

@@LoneWanderer69 So do most humans.

[@carlosvalle2387]

I cannot believe this actually exists...mind blowing!

[@josefumikujo3692]

Mind controlling...?

[@Farhan_049]

Literally!

[@KainRazielMT]

@@josefumikujo3692 No, you idiot. Snails!

[@armondtanz]

Its What Happens when u watch CNN.

[@rainesonne1320]

It’ll blow your eyes not mind!

[@monad5140]

Imagine you’re a snail, worms take over your brain and head, a bird swoops down and rips your face off, and then you just grow a new one and go about your business like nothing happened.

[@AlcoholAndAnimeNight]

So Makima feeding Denji one of these in the opening credits of Chainsaw Man just made it creepier

[@Laurzure]

I was waiting for a comment like this. Was going to make one myself if I didn't see it. 🎉

[@Pazuzu4All]

It's a subte little moment of foreshadowing hinting at how unbelievably disturbing Makima is.

[@KeterDelinquent]

That is so disturbing yet so informative

[@dailydoseofchrist2688]

Disturbing af 😳😳😳😳🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@alvinkoh5556]

It goes to show that the creator of this world is truly creative and cruel!

[@bbew2914]

​@@alvinkoh5556 no

[@alvinkoh5556]

@@bbew2914 Yes!

[@Just_somedumbass]

Nature in a nutshell

[@FennorVirastar]

Moral of the story: When all seems lost and there is no way out of it remember, the birds only want to bite off your eyeballs but will leave you behind alive. Very comforting.

[@humanhuman7280]

Motal: dont eat shiddy food

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

😂😂

[@1marcelfilms]

do they turn into normal snails tho? or is there still parasite in the snail ready to grow

[@Fairshotproductions]

​@@1marcelfilms the parasite is only found in the eyes so they regenerate back to normal

[@kairi4640]

Least they can regenerate them I guess. Still sounds like something straight out of a nightmare though.

[@I.Odnamra]

Mom: go outside and touch grass Outside:

[@Brindlebrother]

Absolutely fascinating that at least four animals are involved to make the whole process work: snail, parasite, bird, caterpillar. Nature truly is one big machine.

[@MysticOwlz]

What? The caterpillar isn't involved the parasite mimics a caterpillar

[@Brindlebrother]

@@MysticOwlz How does the parasite know to mimic a caterpillar?

[@rebfj86]

@@Brindlebrotherit’s colours make the snail look like a caterpillar to make it more attractive to birds who like to eat caterpillars. It literally says it in the video.

[@Brindlebrother]

@@rebfj86 So the caterpillar is necessary for the whole process to function, just as I said.

[@Enzo012]

A machine of absolute horror.

[@resilientfool7191]

Chainsaw man OP be like

[@Shahil_Baro]

Yeah

[@zimvgiguolivich1937]

how come???🤔🤔🤔

[@4EvaSpooky]

​@Zimvgig Uolivich If you watch the opening, you can see that one of these guys just randomly shows up in all of the action, despite not having any mention or visuals throughout any of the episodes. My theory is that it has something to do with Makima and her interest/relationship with Denji.

[@TheImmilky]

@@4EvaSpooky it would be too cheap and childish to literally put the snail in the show. It's here for symbolism.

[@4EvaSpooky]

@Teuwufel I know, that's what I said with my comment. I didn't say that the snail literally shows up in the episodes. I said it shows up in the opening and that my theory is that it represents the interest/relationship Makima has with Denji.

[@ebonseptemus6341]

Officer: Sir, intelligence indicates they’re not “normal” zombies. General: How so? Officer: *Plays Michael Jackson’s Thriller* General: God save us…

[@Mew4U]

😆

[@SadbutTrue84]

"Parliament's - Flashlight" came to mind for me😂🤣!

[@sirpixel7945]

The only way to not be infected is by duking the zombies out in a dance fight

[@UH-60_Blackhawk]

can someone explain this joke im confused

[@thejuice0477]

I couldn’t imagine what it feels like too get eaten from the inside out and live too tell my friends about it.

[@dhyaneshparekh]

Chainsaw Man fans would recognize this as the Makima's fingers in OP of the 1st season...

[@Laughy-Flaaffy]

Oh! That’s why I recognized it.

[@yuukovukovich9996]

Or what she was feeding to Denji. What a banger that show and its opening were

[@w00den6]

They even used this reference in the Chainsaw Man opening to show how Makima controls Denji... crazy stuff

[@arcturionblade1077]

Woof.

[@MrBruh-dv9fv]

Nice job catching that detail, my inattentive ass could've never 😅

[@z3lrin382]

Yo thanks for reminding that.....

[@GastricProblemsHaver]

lol I was looking for this comment

[@TienNguyen-ky4dx]

Made In Abyss also has a creature based on this one

[@Gimliyoke]

Please KZbin don’t recommend me this. I have goosebumps now.

[@andrewdevine3920]

I remember seeing this on UK TV when I was young. It horrified me so much I never forgot it and as soon as I saw this video I knew exactly what it was.

[@HitlerLovesAnime]

SAME! EXACTLY THE SAME! PLEASE REPLY!

[@Holycryptonite47]

"Dude ended his life trying some crazy shit" - Sun Tzu, also Sober Charles barkley

[@KARANSINGH-or1le]

Moral or the story. Don't eat poop.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

One of those sights that it is IMPOSSIBLE to un-see.

[@Sieg_W]

This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Imagine the degree of suffering and pain those snails feel in their eyes. Nature can be cruel.

[@_HJHK]

I’d never imagined I would see “disco zombie snail” to be an actual phrase

[@MimMiao]

There is not one single sentence in this video that isn't revolting and traumatizing. Aahhw Nature, what a fascinating thing.

[@doodletime1512]

Wait till you learn of that one guy in Australia who swallowed a snail just to be playful. The snail turned out to home some parasite, and the parasite entered his brain after a few weeks. The guy became a vegetable for 7 years before he died.

[@MimMiao]

@@doodletime1512 truly thankyou

[@UH-60_Blackhawk]

and people still think nature is peaceful

[@lindyc.2552]

I am speechless! I am grossed out! I am fascinated! Only in nature....

[@ironman2326]

YES!! 😂😂 I thought the end thing!

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

frr lol

[@jake9854]

But girls love watching this

[@HitlerLovesAnime]

​@@jake9854Wdym? Why? Who told you so?

[@HitlerLovesAnime]

​@@jake9854Please reply to me!

[@sleeperholdASMR]

That looks insane. These psycho worms upset me with their entire existence. I hate them for what they do to those snails; that looks like it feels just awful.

[@sirrys]

“disco raving zombification” lmao I love this 😂😂

[@FiatLuxSayRelax]

Pretty insane to think this is literal proof that zombies can and do truly exist, but us humans have yet to experience such terrifying reality.

[@dekoygaming]

@@JohnLocke1776 fr, zombies in HIGH places!

[@beastvicious8672]

Most people took the shot. They're already zombies.

[@oatmeal3013]

everyone who's making this into a political thing is an absolute tool.

[@beastvicious8672]

@@oatmeal3013 People who took government mandated experimental injections is a tool. Zombies.

[@saturnas]

Well, heavy cases of addiction are pretty much like zombification. The addict at some point loses all normal behavior and only seeks what gives them that high/reward feeling. I work in the medical field and watched a research about cocaine with rats. The addicted rat completely lost its instincts (didnt eat, didnt drink, didnt sleep, didnt mate, didnt run from smells that could indicate a predator) only stepped on the lever that gave it the drug. It was only rat shaped, but had nothing of rat behavior anymore. Basically a zombie.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

That poor snail has to be in excruciating pain. 😳🐌

[@a.artmaster8733]

Can they feel pain??

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

@@a.artmaster8733 I Googled it and the vast majority of websites say "yes." Here's a quote from a scientist who studies them: Snails may have opioid responses and mussels release morphine when confronted with noxious stimuli. Both reactions suggest that these animals do, in fact, feel pain.

[@a.artmaster8733]

@@IntrepidFraidyCat .... Gosh I feel bad for that slug then

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

@@a.artmaster8733 😆 Well the jury is still out. I hit the wrong emoji 🥺

[@Sapropelle]

No, it's raving

[@tony.h321]

Thats one of the most disturbing things I've seen this week. Thanks 👍👍

[@JiluMiah-ek2rd]

Can’t imagine how painful it must be

[@marianeilsen6273]

If i was a snail, i wouldnt let that slide

[@bouncy372]

Ba dum tss

[@blueshoes5145]

@@bouncy372 damn I’m slow. I didn’t get it until the ba dam tss

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@@blueshoes5145 BRUH same 💀

[@syakirakmal4247]

The lady explained a horrifying story calmly

[@williamramos3350]

This is just messed up in so many levels.

[@tamijocampbell7101]

Wtf??? I just saw the picture and my curiosity got the best of me. IN THE EYE SOCKETHO????? THAT HAS TO HURT. ...MUST GO LISTEN TO THIS ONE FOR SURE

[@graciliraptor3990]

That is horrifying omg it looks awful they are stretching the poor things eye tentacles too much its gross

[@THEMANWITHTHEYELLOWHAT.]

The snail 👁 👁 🐌

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@@THEMANWITHTHEYELLOWHAT. LOL

[@changed1867]

“Nature is beautiful” they said. Nature:

[@Dapperganker]

As long as they don't attack my yard and summon 4 back-up dancers I'm happy!

[@flowersforthedead5182]

Yay... unspeakable horrors I can scarcely understand. Also poor snail. I love snailsies they look like alien bunnies.

[@veiserexab1428]

Idk they're slimy and grimy

[@KabbalahSherry]

They DO look like alien bunnies! 🤭🐰🐌

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

alien bunnies lol

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@@veiserexab1428 yoo bruh I keep recognizing u in so many random comment sections lmfao

[@flowersforthedead5182]

@@veiserexab1428 we are all slimy and grimy under our skins.

[@pandorabox5532]

This is freaking horrifying

[@roadtigerplayz]

Imagine getting your eyes ripped off and all the sudden you can think and move again 😂

[@ssjzero64]

Snail: Every moment I live, is agony. 🐌 Parasite: EVIL DISCO 🪩

[@YoungXelDong]

It just blatantly violates the poor snail every second it pulses

[@confetti8030]

POV: chainsaw man snail

[@tysondennis1016]

Disco zombie sounds like a derogatory term for someone who still thinks disco is coming back.

[@carp0x]

"Nature is so beautiful and stunning!" Nature:

[@Pink7omy]

If I saw nothing but disco lights inside my eyeballs I’d be also super confused and not know I’m out in the open.

[@HitlerLovesAnime]

Wdym?

[@moondreamer1870]

Wow that parasite is the devils work. 😒

[@valinorean4816]

no, just evolution bro

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@@valinorean4816 still metaphorically true though

[@kryob1]

Nature is so crazy! Love it!

[@Robisquick]

One of the most upsetting things i have ever seen. You've invented a new phobia by exposing this. This is like trypletyrpaphobia

[@geminijixon6899]

So worms are using snails to fish for birds? What a world

[@Ampaomike]

That's probably a good purpose so Birds can go eat, the worms are using snail as a bait then revive again from birds poop lol!

[@Thoralmir]

There's an anime called The Island of Giant Insects, where one guy gets infected with two of these worms, them popping out of his eye sockets as he wildly babbles. Then he climes to the top of a radio tower, and starts yelling until a giant flying insect gets him.

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

Its so goofy man hahaha

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

The fact the anime has that title definitely has a big bug eye parasite ring to it

[@shiningskies47]

I’ve seen hentai of this lol

[@thetruehuman4390]

One of the best example of evalution and natural selection

[@Chilling_Charizard]

2:04 i felt like that bird was judging all the bad decisions i have made in life

[@arielmalsireal5453]

Its All Fun And Games Till The Birds Eat It And Become One Of Them

[@fazbruh]

Next thing you know you’ll meet someone with them at a rave. “Cool goggles man, where’d you get them?”

[@aidoruuu529]

And human eat that birds

[@ImperialKnight770]

I'd actually would like to see how this parasite looks OUTSIDE the snail

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

ongg imagine what it would look like if we just deleted the snail but kept the worm?? 😂😂

[@meonkrishnanan5920]

The title really shows how easily human beings can disassociate other creatures from a heinous circumstance

[@jekcu3693]

Could you imagine being an insect and constantly having to fear some kind of parasite liquifying your brains and laying eggs in you?

[@spkm2009]

😩Bruh!!! I was so excited clicking on the video thinking that this was a beautiful, new species of snail to learn about and possibly have as a pet. But now I’m just traumatized….. and my flesh is crawling……

[@andreearadu8646]

Well... You theoretically COULD have this as a pet

[@Steir12]

My brother in Christ the title of the video is These Worms Turn Snails Into Disco Zombies. It cant be any more straightforward.

[@spkm2009]

@@Steir12 I was so excited when I saw the thumbnail that I didn’t read the title. I instantly just saw a cool new species of snail. I guess I gotta be more attentive next time and not let my excitement take over. I used to collect slugs for fun and feed them and watch them grow and study how they function so I saw a new beauty of a species and was sadly mistaken 😂

[@spkm2009]

@@Steir12 and also I’m a female not a brother lol but how would you know with a name like mine 🤷‍♀️

[@Alaskanman]

To cheer you up, many people are infested with parasites and microbes that affect you psychologically ❤

[@bitteryetcivilized257]

This is grotesque but it's so interesting. Body horror for snails.

[@FreakinFred08]

“Damn, Nature, you crazy!!”

[@fabjose5281]

How it moves is terrifying imagine that thing but it’s giant and that happens to your eyes

[@mRibbons]

Speaking of skin, I just jumped out of mine and under the blankets.

[@dreadmanjacktv877]

This makes me want to vomit and become a biologist at the same time

[@Farhan_049]

To vomit more?

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

They could make film of these snails and set it to pulsating music in nightclubs, it would certainly rake in the customers lol.

[@duurtlang11]

Came across one of these infected snails a while ago. Crazy stuff

[@juancamilomarroquin3274]

That snail looks scary and weird me out

[@Mob-tq7gv]

Oh so this is the thing Makima was feeding Denji in the Chainsaw man opening.

[@asdkotable]

Ugh this literally makes my skin crawl. That's enough nature for me today, thanks.

[@MsMaidh]

This would make a very grim and terrifying bug-ghost pokemon.

[@appletherapy]

That’s horrifying.

[@shame2189]

The fact this WORM is one of the only creatures to be dependant on 2 different beings, one dependency parasitic and the other commensal is actually really cool, they're a freak of evolution and took an extremely difficult route, but after succeeding they're set for good.

[@jus7040]

There are a lot of parasites with a two-host-cycle, like the infections transfered by carrier insects (tse tse fly, etc).

[@shame2189]

@@jus7040 yes but this one has only one host which it has a parasitic relationship with, the other is communal, both absolutely CRUCIAL to it's lifecycle. You'd think it'd be a nasty little body snatcher all the way through but once they get eaten (by a birb) they kinda just turn 40 and settle down with the kids lmao

[@robertkarp2070]

A lot of parasitic worms operate that way.

[@tanmiasingh1362]

Plasmodium tht causes malaria in humans works in the same way lol

[@meowm3426]

unfortunately, a lot other parasites too and some use human as a host

[@eedgerton769]

Holy shit I did NOT need to see this and now can’t unsee

[@gabriellawang3568]

I can’t decide whether it is worse dying to the parasite or living through it

[@andrewbyrnes6389]

This was terrifying and I wasn’t prepared

[@HitlerLovesAnime]

Same! Please reply!

[@kievamadoperezguerrero9500]

I thought it was a new species of land snail, but to my surprise it is a parasite that lives inside the snail

[@eskimopie155]

My 7th grade teacher showed our class a video of this and it has haunted me ever since.

[@PuppetMasterDragon]

Me personally I would never let someone move for me

[@owlteria5338]

I wouldn't say this is horrifying, more like strangely unique because the worm has a very specialized reproductive circle that includes snails and birds which are two completely different taxonomies. Leucochloridium paradoxum only targets a single specific snail species. Nature can be so extra sometimes lol

[@blankaszewczyk8323]

It is horrifying

[@owlteria5338]

@@blankaszewczyk8323 On a human morals scale, maybe. But nature doesn't care about what humans feel and how they evaluate a perfectly normal life cycle of a species. The worm just wants to survive and reproduce. "Horrifying" is what humans do to nature and the environment.

[@astralknightmage1342]

🤓

[@Stitched_up]

What about the bug that drains the life-force from an ant like a fucking vampire, than uses the corpses of it's victims to blend in and sneak into other ant colonies to prey upon unsuspecting victims

[@owlteria5338]

@@Stitched_up What about common storks and crows who pick out the liver (and other organs) from living toads and frogs, letting them die a painful and terrible death? You see, everything is horrifying from a certain perspective. Humans aren't the ones to decide that, especially since they are the most horrifying creatures on this planet.

[@CinammonPupper]

Never had a horror movie recapped to me in such light upbeat tone before

[@maxhamlin636]

i’ve been researching this parasite for the last half hour and i stumbled on this video that begins “no this snail isn’t ready to rave.”

[@southernboy37]

If that's not creepy than I don't know what is

[@workingwithlogic]

I saw a snail exactly like this. I didn't know what it was.. literally I thought it's a rare specie's that has disco eyes😂 little did I know these were zombified 👀

[@Wanderer2035]

I would’ve tried to save the snail by trying to take the worm out 😂

[@PixP6]

@@Wanderer2035 bad idea

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

LMAOOO damnnn