parasites - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:18:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.talksciencetome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-tsm-logo-512-32x32.png parasites - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 Muses: Parasite of the Day https://www.talksciencetome.com/2014/10/29/muses-parasite-day/ Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:41:28 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=1947 If you’ve read other blog posts here or followed us on Twitter, you’ve likely noticed that we kind of like parasites. A lot. And whether or not you can muster up the same fascination, it’s kind of hard to argue against their importance; roughly 40% of species on earth are parasitic, and as many as 75%… Read More »Muses: Parasite of the Day

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]]> 1947 This just in: Twitter users like cats (#MyParasite poll) https://www.talksciencetome.com/2013/02/07/this-just-in-twitter-users-like-cats-myparasite-poll/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:05:15 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=443 A couple of days ago we posted the first of a series we’re going to call “treasures”: stories about random things in science that we think are beautiful, surprising, amazing or just plain cool. They’re going to be paired with the little circular image icons on our homepage, which we’ll begin rotating, so over time… Read More »This just in: Twitter users like cats (#MyParasite poll)

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]]> 939 Treasures: The tongue-eating sea louse https://www.talksciencetome.com/2013/02/05/treasures-the-tongue-eating-sea-louse/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:20:34 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=382 One of the things I love about science is the appreciation it can inspire for things I might otherwise consider horrifying, or just gross. One great example of this is Cymothoa exigua, also known as the tongue-eating sea louse. I should mention that the animal in question doesn’t necessarily “eat” the host’s tongue in the… Read More »Treasures: The tongue-eating sea louse

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