Channel: Facts in Motion

Category: Education

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Description: Human zombies are still a thing of fiction, but in the animal world, mind control is actually more common than you might think. The most common cause of this phenomenon is parasites. In this video, we will take a look at one example of this parasitic mind control that is found in spiders. Real Footage: youtube.com/watch?v=bHuHweeuIdY Sources: jeb.biologists.org/content/218/15/2326 nytimes.com/2015/09/14/science/a-wasp-that-turns-a-spider-into-the-walking-dead.html smithsonianmag.com/science/parasitic-wasps-turn-spiders-zombie-weavers-180956178 livescience.com/51764-wasp-spider-zombies.html Music by Jay Man Tracks used: ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Past-Reflections ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/miss-busy-body ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Place-of-magic ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Letting-go ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Modern-Warriors ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/No-Momentum ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Different-Being ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Where-did-she-go creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0