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Over the years I have shared all kinds of crazy parasites with ya. The one I am about to share reminded me of the tongue-eating louse, which you probably know of as it's been an all time viral sensation. If not, just check the link above, it's one nasty fucker.
So, today we have a parasite with a similar concept.
Meet, Macrocheles rettenmeyeri a mite that attaches to army ants. Specifically, they live on the feet of one particular species of ant (Eciton dulcius) and pretty much act like an extension of the foot, whilst sucking the blood of the ant.
The new hind legs look like the antsβ tarsal claws and take over their function when the ants form chains. source
Within the colony, some mites are known to suck on the ant hemolymph. Macrocheles rettenmeyeri is a parasitic mite found with E. dulcium. It is remarkable because it functionally replaces the antβs distal tarsal segment. The mite attaches itself to the membrane of hind leg pulvilli and its curved hind legs serve as the antβs claws without affecting the hostβs behavior source
This is a photo of how the world's worst...shoe looks like
And another one:
And finally a pic of a regular leg vs a parasitized one. I guess the ants gain some height as well π
Unfortunately, these mites seem to be quite rare and there's really not much more info available out there.
It's just makes me wonder what kind of evolutionary pathways led to this crazy adaptation ππππππ
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It's like that one pebble in your shoe you can't get out, but it also sucks your blood.
Nasty parasites.
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looks like a walking clit
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Ant just needs to squash him under his foot.... oh that didn't work.
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Now that is pretty funky! Evolution is fun for sure! Must have been some sporadic mutations that led to this, pretty wild though!
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Nature is interestingly creepy. There are a lot of parasites I saw on youtube. One particular lays eggs inside its host, mind controls it and eats it after the egg hatches. Really nasty but amazing π
There's even a TV show based on them :p
Holy, Wow that is Brutal! I have often wondered about Parasites, a few weeks ago in the Newspaper they actually found a Living Cockroach inside a living persons colon, I would not have believed unless I read it .... Yuck wow i hate Bugs or most of them...
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Yeah I blogged about that one like a month ago LOL
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damn I hate parasites they always look so damn nasty lol
i have heard too about the tongue eater, thats soooo creepy
this one compared is a cute puppy...must not be too comfortable being crushed at every step tough
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Evolution is weird. We see the weirdest things happen but I do think that they are selective in survival. If it doesn't help them, then I don't think there will be many cases of them around.
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