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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsZombies are real.
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/22/19046415-zombies-roam-the-animal-kingdom-and-some-of-them-may-be-after-us?liteThe zombie crustaceans that devour the tongues of the fish and take their places were particularly unsettling.
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Zombies are real. (Original Post)
reflection
Jun 2013
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rug
(82,333 posts)1. A highlight.
Zombie birds: Great tits look so cute when they're perched on a branch. You'd never know that they have a taste for bat brains.
reflection
(6,286 posts)2. Yeah. I did a double take as well. n/t
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)3. Cat Fanciers should take note -
Zombie rats ... and humans? The most insidious zombie of the animal world may well be the tiny parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxo for short. This parasite can reproduce sexually only in cat intestines, which poses a challenge when the little critters wind up in cat poop. Here's how Toxo gets back inside the cat: When mice or rats nibble on the poop, they also gobble up some of the Toxo parasites. The parasites migrate to the brain, where they release chemicals that make the rodents lower their guard when they're around cats. Scientists think that Toxo-infected mice start to regard the smell of cat pee as something sexy rather than a cause for alarm. The cats eat the smitten rats, and the Toxo life cycle begins again.