The Pantheon of Zombifying Parasite All-Stars

The Loom
By Carl Zimmer
May 15, 2009 7:10 PMNov 5, 2019 4:44 AM

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Mental Floss has a nice two-post line-up of the weirdest mind-controlling parasites that we know of (1, 2). Some will no doubt be familiar to readers of the Loom, but others may be disturbingly new. Update: Also check out Discover's own gallery of parasitic horrors.

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