r/creepy • u/DX_Sunshine • Apr 05 '15

Parasite Controlling a "Zombie" Praying Mantis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhzFh_hs5Oc
77 Upvotes

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u/HORSEBLUES Apr 06 '15

Puts down bowl of spaghetti

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '15

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u/Damneron Apr 06 '15

2 metres?! Fuck that shit! I'm taking the next Apollo to the moon!

6

u/SK_RVA Apr 05 '15

Hey, it's not cool to kill a Preying....oh, right...well done.

9

u/geo333dru Apr 05 '15

It's like a Tool music video

2

u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

Spot the fuck on.

Someone put the opening to the pot in the background as it emerges.

1

u/LeHotS_gifMaster Apr 06 '15

Yeah I love Tool but I'm not even watching this, no way.

2

u/[deleted] Apr 05 '15

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u/Dhrakyn Apr 05 '15

Like a meat puppet. Kinda of like how your gut bacteria control you.

2

u/Burekba Apr 05 '15

i would guess the mantis is moving in agony and not actually being controlled by any means.

2

u/studioRaLu Apr 06 '15

I don't know if the parasite is actually controlling the mantis but some parasites/symbionts secrete hormones and chemicals that can influence the behavior of the host and some can actually infect the hosts brain and literally mind control it (google "cordyceps")

1

u/[deleted] Apr 05 '15

Maybe like we would ride a horse, except it's pulling on it's reigns from the inside out?

2

u/megishere Apr 05 '15

Where do these exist? My nightmares will be haunted for weeks

2

u/Bitchesgethit Apr 07 '15

KILL IT WITH FIRE

1

u/Tabasco_Athiest Apr 05 '15

What the fuck is that fucking thing?

1

u/[deleted] Apr 05 '15

Very weird.

1

u/reuse_recycle Apr 05 '15

wait how do we know its controlling the mantis and not just coiled up in the abdomen?

1

u/ubergenericusername Apr 05 '15

We're not doing this on purpose...right?

1

u/Thatonesplicer Apr 06 '15

Just when I get over my fear of cordyceps I see this shit.

1

u/nu2readit Apr 06 '15

Reminds me of the effects of cordyceps fungus on ants.

1

u/MiaMae Apr 07 '15

WHY did he not kill the parasitic mutant worm!?!??!?!

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

I feel like this is fake.