Science Corner: Mind Controlling Sea Worm

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More things to make one paranoid. How about swimming sea worms that can take full control of their hosts. Fucked up shit that is.

Sacculina are Pretty Much My Favorite Parasite - Boing Boing

injects herself into the crab's flesh, leaving behind an empty husk. Inside the crab, the sacculina begins to take over, burrowing long, nutrient-sucking tendrils into every part of the crab's anatomy, from the eyestalks to the claws.