Name: Zombie roaches and other parasite tales
Uploaded: 2014-03-26T15:05:29Z
Duration: 13 min
Description: In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodies (and brains!) of other organisms, causing them to do their bidding. Do humans have them too? Maybe ...

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In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodies (and brains!) of other organisms, causing them to do their bidding. Do humans have them too? Maybe ...

Ed Yong: Zombie roaches and other parasite tales

Zombie roaches and other parasite tales

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