MetaFilter posts tagged with parasitic

Another Reason I'm Glad I'm Not An Ant

XMLicious — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:41:11 -0800

Continuing the recent theme of horrifying parasites, here's an infectious little nematode that makes its host swell up into a plump, juicy, red berry so that birds will mistakenly eat its bloated ichorous abdomen and spread the eggs. (via) By the way, in case anyone was wondering, Wikipedia says that nematodes have amoeboid sperm.

Brainwashed by a parasite

puke & cry — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:48:01 -0800

Brainwashed by a parasite A look at Cordyceps, a parasitic fungi that infects insects and other arthropods. Don't miss the videos, especially this one. They're the best part.

astro38 — Thu, 30 Aug 2001 03:54:05 -0800

Doing science by stealth Scientists have found a way of subverting the error checking mechanisms of web servers to allow them to perform calculations without the owners permission. This "Parasitic computing" could potentially use the internet as a single giant distributed computer.