Just when you think you should not go back into the water, something like this comes along and tells you....
You were absolutely right to not want to go back into the water.
That was a Gordian worm sliding out of a cricket.
And this is a Zombie Snail Parasite:
More like this
At the Loom we believe that the path to wisdom runs through the Land of Gross.
Well, not worth it to you, but possibly to the Gordian Worm growing out of your head!
1. **Trout Fishing in America, "I Get Ideas"**. Trout is a great band; they do both children's
music and adult music. This is one of their children's songs, but I love it anyway. What's
not to like about a song that features shampooing with peanut butter?
Gordian worms are commonly called horsehair worms; and said to be horsehairs which have become animated. One can see how this explaination could seem reasonable.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
That's a little scary.
Feels like it belongs to a horror movie.. A keenly and organised serial killer that is.
This would be SOOOO much better on IMAX. Not.
Worms, shmerms...Lets see some really awesome biological horror. BTW fungi rule!
Here's a cricket infected by three Gordian worms.
Maybe it's just because my biology teacher is obsessed with parasitology, but I am liking these videos in a that's-morbid-but-awe-inspiring sort of way.