https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-924 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:01:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-924 woah! that was a close one. i know of a parasite Microphalllus which controls the behavior of its snail host Potamopyrgus antipodarumand another, Blatillaria i guess which manipulates the behavior of another snail. articles are at http://scipdf.blogspot.com

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-923 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:27:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-923 finally! an airtight excuse that can explain away nearly any lapse in judgement that i might be called out on.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-922 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:58:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-922 Daniel Dennett often uses a similar example in talks he gives; a parasite (can’t remember the name right now) that causes ants to climb to the top of blades of grass or other plants that make them more likely to end up in the stomach of a sheep /cow or other ruminant where the parasite then reproduces.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-921 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:04:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-921 It was in the cup of water I was drinking.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-920 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:12:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-920 How do you know you nearly swallowed one?

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-919 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:40:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/27/behavioral-manipulation-by-a-p/#comment-919 I’d stay away from the Washington Ave. bridge until I was sure… Fascinating and very creepy at the same time. I could see where this would really change the way we think about malaria vectors.

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