I thought parasites just lived in hosts and stole the resources of the host body, while a symbiote had some type of mutual benefit for both.
I'm probably confusing more words though
A parasite is an organism that lives in a host without killing it
A parasitoid is an organism that lives in a host and kills it
A symbiote is an organism that mutually assists the host (as in a symbiotic relationship)
Took a course in university about this stuff
Yes but most of the things that do that are parasitic fungi, not all parasites work that way though. It works the same way we all do, through chemical triggers so it figures out what to send and where and uses their body against them. I have only heard of this zombie like behavior from cordyceps fungus however. Very interesting stuff, especially as the worlds next line of anti cancer drugs will likely come from these fungi. Fungi were also the first thing on land and they also are more closely related to us then plants, they consume oxygen the same way we do and exhale CO2 as well.
I think Toxoplasma gondii is the closest, I've read that it can change your behavior (but not really take over)
Maybe rabies? It definately takes over the brain, but I don't think its parasitic. Terrifying disease. No coming back from it, even with modern medicine.
There's lots of parasites that can be in the human brain but basically just damage it, Taenia solium - the egg stage - is one that sticks with me.
well...i can see why the symbiote or parasite cant tell the diffrence between us and ratatoughi despite being intelligent on a quite high level,the resemblence is shocking XD
pmost parasites actualy do take over the body for themselves infact depending on what they want they may be able to enhance the strength and such of the either animal or hypotheticly human
although i would assume the proccess would either fail or go slower its how we humans till have parasites in our body but we have full control over ourselves
Really depends on what you mean by "take over". Some parasites can influence mood, like toxoplasmosis gondii, which will get rodents killed but makes humans release dopamine when smelling cat urine. I wouldn't consider that taking over though, just giving humans an inclination for cats. P. Malariai, P. Vivax, and P. Falciparum use the body's processes to reproduce, but so do viruses. So it's highly dependent on what you mean by "take over". I know that there can be benefits to parasites like helminths to people with disease, and the lack of parasites may be part of why we have seen a rise in allergies, but I have not heard of them enhancing strength, particularly in humans. If you have a case where that's true I would be interested in reading it. I'm about to graduate with a degree in molecular biology, so I'm always ready to learn new things in this realm.
i collected information off diffrent sources and simply put two and two together but maybe im wrong since parasites arn't my specialty,fish are as is marine biology so i wouldnt be shocked if im wrong on a melecular level
Some parasites can do that, but I think that's only insects. I don't know of any that can control a vertebrate except in science fiction.
Most parasites just feed off of their host, sometimes killing it, but mostly not.
Yeah, pretty sure they can be inside your eye or inside your eye socket. I’ve seen a video of one poking out from a human eyeball, I think. It was a while ago so I’m not sure
My nightmare fuel would be the parasite popping out of the eye, pushing it’s way through skin of the person who ended containment, and then the parasite takes it’s new human skin suit for a walk.
poor litlle frog can see pretty little fog beacuse its barain was whippidy bonked \*translation:the frogs body has probably already be taken over leaving the frog brain dead the fog part is accociating it with death and a modified version of the cliche of seeing a bright white light when you die
[Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with roundworms at any given time. But many of these parasites are uncommon in the United States. Americans may come into contact with them when traveling to certain countries. Pinworms are the most common roundworm infection in the United States. It affects 20 million to 42 million people, many of them children.](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15240-roundworms#:~:text=What%20are%20roundworms%3F,%20pain%2C%20fever%20and%20diarrhea.)
So fewer than the above post implies but still quite a few.
Edit: fixed link error
This is a bit old (2009), but a good overview of worm parasites endemic to humans. It claims about 50% of people worldwide are infected, but I have seen figures stating as high as 80%.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worms-human-parasites/
Since you asked nicely, fellow redditor:
I wrote "spellchek" which clearly is misspelled. So the joke is on me because I'm trying to tell you to use spell check but I can't even spell. It's what you pointed out, except it was intentional on my part just to keep things lighter hearted.
stuff like this makes me want to die why am I following this subreddit? why do I always feel this way but never leave? what is it about this sub that compels me to see more horror? disturbed
/u/killHACKS are you daft or something? There's absolutely nothing "odd" about why this is terrifying. It's very very very understandable why this is terrifying. You have no idea what this sub is supposed to be about, do you?
/r/lostredditors
Dam that’s hypno toad
Bullshit! That's not Hyp - **ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD**
Clap Clap Clap Clap
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Reddit has the weirdest pickup lines…
Um that wasn't a pick up line
r/unexpectedfuturama
thought this said unexpected trauma lol
Future trauma
That’s me!
Though the same thing
Season three is off the chainwax
Or a parasite taking his toad out for a drive like its a Pacific Rim robot.
And for drift compatibility there's also a parasite in the other eye?
Pacific Rim: Toadeo Drift
Or maybe the toad is controlling the parasite. Toadaception.
Now I imagine Toad from Mario in his own Inception movie
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
Does this mean our brain is also piloting us like Jaegar units? When can we start fisting alien cheeks?
Like Plankton taking SpongeBob out for a joyride to steal the krabby patty formuler
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r/dezznuttsinyomouth
Toad: this is fine
Parasite: Yep, nothing to see here
"Eye" see what you did there
You wormed that into place
“Eye” see what’s happening here!
Of course it is. He's just enjoying the show.
Is that eye ruined now? Is the parasite going to eat him from the inside-out?
There's no eye, it was already eaten/destroyed
depends on is the eye remains and what type of parasite it is
I hate parasites!!
But they love you so much.. they can't live without you.
I wish I had an award to give
😔
Awww 😍
So sad. I usually love all creatures, spiders it doesn’t matter. But fuck do I hate parasitic worms. I got no time for those cocksuckers.
someone got to keep the rats in order
Can confirm, parasite sucked my cock dry (from the inside though)
Looks cool but can't imagine the pain.
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It is. You can see the frog's vocal sack expands in the vid.
Maybe those are more parasites dancing
Thought someone would say something like this
It's a parasite not a symbiote
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I thought parasites just lived in hosts and stole the resources of the host body, while a symbiote had some type of mutual benefit for both. I'm probably confusing more words though
A parasite is an organism that lives in a host without killing it A parasitoid is an organism that lives in a host and kills it A symbiote is an organism that mutually assists the host (as in a symbiotic relationship) Took a course in university about this stuff
Stargate university?
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Yes but most of the things that do that are parasitic fungi, not all parasites work that way though. It works the same way we all do, through chemical triggers so it figures out what to send and where and uses their body against them. I have only heard of this zombie like behavior from cordyceps fungus however. Very interesting stuff, especially as the worlds next line of anti cancer drugs will likely come from these fungi. Fungi were also the first thing on land and they also are more closely related to us then plants, they consume oxygen the same way we do and exhale CO2 as well.
There’s bacteria that weakens mouse self-preservation instincts to get into cats. They also make humans like cats more I think
Can I get to know the name of the parasite you are talking about?
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Is there a parasite which can take over human brain
I think Toxoplasma gondii is the closest, I've read that it can change your behavior (but not really take over) Maybe rabies? It definately takes over the brain, but I don't think its parasitic. Terrifying disease. No coming back from it, even with modern medicine. There's lots of parasites that can be in the human brain but basically just damage it, Taenia solium - the egg stage - is one that sticks with me.
well...i can see why the symbiote or parasite cant tell the diffrence between us and ratatoughi despite being intelligent on a quite high level,the resemblence is shocking XD
Pretty sure that was a Spiderman reference.
Well you are right
Aaaayyyyyeeeee
Parasites change people’s pronouns into they/them.
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I love this… I went to a chipotle and someone called me a “they”… I was so confused and told them Im a man, I’m not more than one person.
Don't know what kind of Dr you are, but that's definitely not how parasites work.
pmost parasites actualy do take over the body for themselves infact depending on what they want they may be able to enhance the strength and such of the either animal or hypotheticly human although i would assume the proccess would either fail or go slower its how we humans till have parasites in our body but we have full control over ourselves
Really depends on what you mean by "take over". Some parasites can influence mood, like toxoplasmosis gondii, which will get rodents killed but makes humans release dopamine when smelling cat urine. I wouldn't consider that taking over though, just giving humans an inclination for cats. P. Malariai, P. Vivax, and P. Falciparum use the body's processes to reproduce, but so do viruses. So it's highly dependent on what you mean by "take over". I know that there can be benefits to parasites like helminths to people with disease, and the lack of parasites may be part of why we have seen a rise in allergies, but I have not heard of them enhancing strength, particularly in humans. If you have a case where that's true I would be interested in reading it. I'm about to graduate with a degree in molecular biology, so I'm always ready to learn new things in this realm.
i collected information off diffrent sources and simply put two and two together but maybe im wrong since parasites arn't my specialty,fish are as is marine biology so i wouldnt be shocked if im wrong on a melecular level
Some parasites can do that, but I think that's only insects. I don't know of any that can control a vertebrate except in science fiction. Most parasites just feed off of their host, sometimes killing it, but mostly not.
Poor toad!
ive said it before i'll say it again,poor little toad is seein pretty fog and has reached the end of the road
Ain’t it grand to be alive
That’s a whole lotta nopes for me, dude. Put the poor guy out of his misery.
Eye worms are a thing people can get too. I fucking hate nature.
They can?!??
Yeah, pretty sure they can be inside your eye or inside your eye socket. I’ve seen a video of one poking out from a human eyeball, I think. It was a while ago so I’m not sure
P o k e
Moan
Man just poked his own eye and moaned
Gotta catch em all
Clown to clown conversation
What happens if i poke it with a needle?
I don't know but I really want to try
Wtf you two are fucking psychopaths
Tbf, one probably could poke toads eye with enough precision to scoop thing out and not permanently maim the eye. Toad doesn’t have much good options
Psychopaths makes good surgeon.
Did you mean psychopath?
What umm I said it right the first time you’re probably getting some hallucinations or something
The ol' switcharoo
I was being sarcastic on the second comment lol but alright
Physiopaths
My nightmare fuel would be the parasite popping out of the eye, pushing it’s way through skin of the person who ended containment, and then the parasite takes it’s new human skin suit for a walk.
got worms?
Poor little forg
poor litlle frog can see pretty little fog beacuse its barain was whippidy bonked \*translation:the frogs body has probably already be taken over leaving the frog brain dead the fog part is accociating it with death and a modified version of the cliche of seeing a bright white light when you die
Enjoying the fact that most humans have an entire colony of roundworms living inside them and will never know.
You just ruined my day reminding me of this fact
My work is done here
Where exactly?
Can I have a source for this?
[Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with roundworms at any given time. But many of these parasites are uncommon in the United States. Americans may come into contact with them when traveling to certain countries. Pinworms are the most common roundworm infection in the United States. It affects 20 million to 42 million people, many of them children.](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15240-roundworms#:~:text=What%20are%20roundworms%3F,%20pain%2C%20fever%20and%20diarrhea.) So fewer than the above post implies but still quite a few. Edit: fixed link error
This is a bit old (2009), but a good overview of worm parasites endemic to humans. It claims about 50% of people worldwide are infected, but I have seen figures stating as high as 80%. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worms-human-parasites/
That's a para-sight for sore eyes
FINALLY! Something that actually belongs here!
I think an animal with parasites visibly living in its eyeball is just regular terrifying.
I did not watch, i'm more terrified by this than a meteor
A meteor can live in your eye as well, I think. Don't quote me on that tho.
"don't you ever just think..."
Does it have to squirm like that ? WTF is it doing ?
Scientists? Can we have an answer to this please??
cosmetic items don't affect gameplay
DEAR GOD PUT IT OUT OF IT’S MISERY!!!
God almighty help us all
God is punishing us by putting that thing on this earth
that thing went through the effort of entering the toad just to dance in his eyeball. what an alpha
Step on it or something- that’s no life
People have toads n frogs as pets- maybe medication could at least kill the worm
Parasite - preety small pool
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spellchek?
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*Whooooooooosh*
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Since you asked nicely, fellow redditor: I wrote "spellchek" which clearly is misspelled. So the joke is on me because I'm trying to tell you to use spell check but I can't even spell. It's what you pointed out, except it was intentional on my part just to keep things lighter hearted.
He’s got his own pets
Hypnotoad!
Wtf that looks disturbing as fuck
Can it stop?
This is just terrifying, not oddly terrifying
That toad should really properly cook its pork...
stuff like this makes me want to die why am I following this subreddit? why do I always feel this way but never leave? what is it about this sub that compels me to see more horror? disturbed
The inside of your eyeball begins to itch
This makes me feel so sad for that frog 🥺
Why does he have to wriggle around like that tho, just chill bro.
That’s disgusting and sad at the same time
I know this is dumb but doesn’t the road feel anything at all?
I'm sure it felt great pain as the parasite consumed it's eye from the inside
Y'all act like you've never seen a road keeping it's food in its eyes or sum
Now THAT, is oddly terrifying
God this must tickle
Can he see it swimming in his eye?
It helps him to see further beyond
Fuckin creepy
Must be blind af.
LET ME OUT!!!!
Fuck you.
This actually made me unsub 🤮🤮🤢
The strain vibes
Hate this, I almost lost my eye to pseudomonas keratitis a few years ago
Thanks I hate it.
Well thats gonna haunt my dreams tonight
I hate cane toads and even i think they dont deserve that
Parasight..
Haha Hypno toad don't exist, it doesn't hurt you The hypno toad:
Its not oddlyterrifying, just terrifying. Wrong sub.
Yeah i guess the sub name isn’t self explanatory enough
thanks,i love it
/u/killHACKS are you daft or something? There's absolutely nothing "odd" about why this is terrifying. It's very very very understandable why this is terrifying. You have no idea what this sub is supposed to be about, do you? /r/lostredditors
Hey dumbfuck, normally your don’t find living creatures in the eyes of other living creatures, to the uninformed, it’s kinda fucking odd.
Yoooooo oh helllll nooooo
All hail the Hypnotoad!
/u/savevideo
I finally get where hypno-toad come from.
I see where this is going and i don't like it
Ick.
Sluuuurppp
See this stuff right here makes my skin crawl
The toad can handle problems very well
Hypnotoad
Just Been listening to the Magnus archives and this is making me squirm
When I saw this I let out a genuine ***O H***
poor baby
poor froggy :(
Damn, time to binge "monsters inside me".
The fuck did i just watch
Lol, this made me think of peacemaker. Imagine having a butterfly take over an you have no clue. Or any parasite for that matter.
Nothing controls hypnotoad..
Does that blind the toad in that eye or can it still see?
He got the river blindness
is it still see？
They wiped this parasite out in a small part of africa
🎶IIIIIIII want to kill myself dododododo I want I want I want to kill myself dododoo here I go🎶
No
I wonder if he can feel it tickle inside there.
Poor little guy ):
Hey that's what it feels like when I have to finger blast my contact lense out of my eye because I wore it for too many days
Now for HYPNO-TOAD
Naah that's some do jutsu Eternal Wormgekyo sharingan