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[–] Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Looked it up, and I think I've had enough internet for today

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 67 points 6 months ago (2 children)

just a little dancin'. boogie woogie woogie.

[–] Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 6 months ago

No no no no no

[–] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago

Did someone say Boogie Woogie?

[–] olutukko@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can already guess that it's a parasite that takes control of the hosts body. truly is the worst type of parasite

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It also crawls into the snail's eyestalks and starts dancing in the snail's eyes

[–] olutukko@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

parasitic stripper. it just strips its hosts control of its own body and starts dancing

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 8 points 6 months ago

Iirc is to attract birds so it can infect the bird and use it to reproduce. After the bird has eaten the parasite out of the snail's eyeballs, the snail can often regenerate and keep living as usual. This is what I recall from a YouTube video at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯