A tiny parasite can completely take over a crab's nervous system, causing the crab to abandon its natural self-protection instincts and instead protect the parasite's future offspring, demonstrating how parasites can manipulate host behavior to ensure their own survival and reproduction.
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This Crab Is Being Controlled
Added:Something is controlling [music] this crab, and the crab doesn't know it. A tiny parasite has taken over. Now it protects the parasite instead of itself.
The parasite turned its host [music] into a servant. One of nature's strangest takeovers.
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