Parasite tales: The jewel wasp's zombified puppet - Carl Zimmer

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/parasite-tales-the-jewel-wasp-s-zombie-slave-carl-zimmerThis is stranger than science fiction. The jewel wasp and the cockroach have a disgusting and fascinating parasitic relationship. The jewel wasp stuns the cockroach, and months later, a jewel wasp hatches out of the cockroach. At TEDYouth 2012, Carl Zimmer walks us through how this happens and why it personally fascinates him.Talk by Carl Zimmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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