Ok Nature is Nasty

[Cobra82]

UMMM yeah

All I can say about this is wtf....and can you imagine if this happened to you?

Does anyone know any other nature nasties like this?!?

[butters757]

Holy shit that's awesome.

[Alamadu]

Thats nothing look at this

I grew up on a farm and we had these things in our cows and sheep. At least i am pretty sure it was the same kind of maggot. They always came out of the backs of our cows and sheep but i think it is just because it is the Top of the animal.

I have seen one other woman on tv they came out of her head too.

The most disgusting part to me though was just after they break through the skin they would just hang out at the surface for a day or so. If you tried to touch them to get them out they would suck back in.

We had tons of them on the majority of our animals for like two years but i have never seen them before or sense.

Still grosses me out thinking about it, and i have seen massive amounts of extreemely gross shit on the farm.

[FIGMENTUM]

Wow it's crazy how the caterpillar takes care of the wasp larvae after they've been eating it alive from the inside for what was it, 2 weeks? I'm not sure I believe the theory they gave though... a mind control chemical? It might sound just as stupid but I'm thinking, bizarre as it may be, after feeding the wasps for all that time and effectively giving birth to them, the caterpillar might feel a motherly obligation to ensure their safety.

TO THE DEATH.

That's commitment.

[Alamadu]

At 5/16/09 02:53 AM, FIGMENTUM wrote: Wow it's crazy how the caterpillar takes care of the wasp larvae after they've been eating it alive from the inside for what was it, 2 weeks? I'm not sure I believe the theory they gave though... a mind control chemical? It might sound just as stupid but I'm thinking, bizarre as it may be, after feeding the wasps for all that time and effectively giving birth to them, the caterpillar might feel a motherly obligation to ensure their safety.

TO THE DEATH.

That's commitment.

I dont really think caterpillars have motherly instincts. Insect "brains" are really simple machines. usually just a couple strategically placed ganglia.

In my bio psych class we talked about praying mantises which as you know the female eats the male after mating.

well the males have a ganglia that is in their torsos controlling lots of stuff, but it is also constantly sending out the signal to mate with what ever it can touch. However a ganglia in the mantis' head is constantly canceling that out. So whenever the head is removed it will mate with what ever it is touching. It's like some simple computer program.

You can try this one yourself if you can tell male mantises from females and if you don't mind cutting off it's head in the name of science, and if you like watching a praying mantis fuck a stick

cool trick number two shake your keys at a moth it will spiral to the ground. It is a defence against bats and keys make ultrasonic vibrations like bats. This one you can see best if you do it on a balcony of the second or third floor somewhere.

[yurgenburgen]

That was pretty fucking bizarre. Sounds like something out of a science fiction film. Still cool to watch thought. I thought it was disturbing that the caterpillar would willingly starve itself just to keep the laravae alive.

[Rooster]

At 5/16/09 02:53 AM, FIGMENTUM wrote: Wow it's crazy how the caterpillar takes care of the wasp larvae after they've been eating it alive from the inside for what was it, 2 weeks? I'm not sure I believe the theory they gave though... a mind control chemical? It might sound just as stupid but I'm thinking, bizarre as it may be, after feeding the wasps for all that time and effectively giving birth to them, the caterpillar might feel a motherly obligation to ensure their safety.

TO THE DEATH.

That's commitment.

Yeah, i was thinking the same thing. It doesn't really make sense for a mind control chemical to be injected into its brain. So the motherly things makes tons more sense.

But could you imagine if the wasp planted its seed into you? I don't know if they would actually survive or not. But if they did, having them bust out of your arm or where ever it is. That would be so horrible.

[Generalissimus]

That's pretty cool. Pretty weird how it protects them afterwards.

[Alamadu]

At 5/16/09 03:16 AM, Psycho-Pickle wrote:

At 5/16/09 02:53 AM, FIGMENTUM wrote: Wow it's crazy how the caterpillar takes care of the wasp larvae after they've been eating it alive from the inside for what was it, 2 weeks? I'm not sure I believe the theory they gave though... a mind control chemical? It might sound just as stupid but I'm thinking, bizarre as it may be, after feeding the wasps for all that time and effectively giving birth to them, the caterpillar might feel a motherly obligation to ensure their safety.

TO THE DEATH.

That's commitment.

Yeah, i was thinking the same thing. It doesn't really make sense for a mind control chemical to be injected into its brain. So the motherly things makes tons more sense.

But could you imagine if the wasp planted its seed into you? I don't know if they would actually survive or not. But if they did, having them bust out of your arm or where ever it is. That would be so horrible.

Whats with everyone thinking it's motherly instinct

catterpillars don't take care of their young...because catterpillars don't have young, butterflies and moths do.

And when they do they just lay the eggs and then go die somewhere and never even see them hatch

I don't think any maternal instincts have evolved into caterpillar brains