Not for the squeamish

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Zippy replied

23 June 2011, 16:52
Originally posted by doodab View Post

You have never got drunk on Guinness then?

No. You've put me right off the idea too
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doodab replied

23 June 2011, 16:48
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

A very interesting story. I can't understand how something that big can emerge from the ladybird, and the ladybird could survive?

You have never got drunk on Guinness then?
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Zippy replied

23 June 2011, 16:42
A very interesting story. I can't understand how something that big can emerge from the ladybird, and the ladybird could survive?
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Old Greg replied

23 June 2011, 15:11
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Sounds pretty terminal. However...

BBC News - Ladybird made into 'zombie' bodyguard by parasitic wasp

A lesson for any of us tempted to go permie.
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TimberWolf started a topic Not for the squeamish

23 June 2011, 15:09
Not for the squeamish

After a female wasp injects its egg into the ladybird, the larva munches on its host's internal tissues before breaking out through the abdomen.

Sounds pretty terminal. However...

Of the ladybirds converted into bodyguards by the wasps, the researchers found that about 25% recovered from the ordeal.

BBC News - Ladybird made into 'zombie' bodyguard by parasitic wasp
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