Parasitic wasps on Weeds: We have video!

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By Carl Zimmer
Aug 17, 2010 11:05 PMNov 20, 2019 1:09 AM

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Thanks to Mandarb for posting this clip from Weeds I was wondering about yesterday. I should point out that it's a very abridged version of my original piece on the radio. For example, it sounds as if I'm giving God my own personal forgiveness for parasitic wasps. I was actually talking about a letter written by Darwin in which the wasps figured in his musings about God. And I have to say that I'm not much closer to figuring out what parasitic wasps have to do with the show's plot. I guess I'll have to watch the whole episode. But--for the record--here it is:

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