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First of all I want to thank all of you for coming back to witness another interesting parasite.\u00a0 On this beautiful Friday (I know it is beautiful since I will be on vacation fishing in Northern Ontario) we are going to look at the Liver Fluke.\u00a0 These diverse little parasites like live in snails, ants and mammals such as cattle and sheep.<\/p>\n

\"\" — Liver Fluke Life Cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
That stuff is all interesting but I want to talk about the impact these little parasites have on one of the most intriguing insects (in my opinion), ants. You see these little guys can completely disrupt the social structure of many ant colonies.\u00a0 I guess I should slow down and tell you how the Liver Fluke, Ants and Mammals are all connected in this chain.\u00a0 Well it starts when the eggs are swept out of the mammal host (I guess we could have the “chicken or the egg” argument here but to save time we will say it starts with the eggs) through their feces.\u00a0 At this point a free-swimming parasite emerges and penetrates the tissues of a suitable snail.\u00a0 Man, one more animal is impacted by these little guys.\u00a0 The snail is just an intermediate host to allow the parasite to multiply.\u00a0 This is not the type of messenger job I would apply for.\u00a0 At this point a more developed stage of the parasite exits the snail and rests on aquatic vegetation.\u00a0 This vegetation will be consumed by grazing herbivores and the whole process starts over.\u00a0 Now you are probably wondering where the Ants play in all of this.\u00a0 Well the slime that\u00a0 an infected snail leaves behind is full of these developed parasites.\u00a0 Ants will collect this slime and bring it home for everyone to eat.\u00a0 Who knew that ants will eat the slime of a snail…ewwwww!<\/p>\n
The fun begins once the ants ingest the parasite.\u00a0 I am actually going to keep you in suspense with this.\u00a0 I want you to watch the National Geographic video below as it beautifully describes how this parasite manipulates the ants for their own benefit.\u00a0 I know it seems like I am just shirking my responsibility but who wants to read another paragraph on a Friday anyways.\u00a0 Enjoy the clip and have a great weekend!<\/p>\n