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[-] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago

The snail has been taken over by parasitic flatworms that control it to seek out exposed spots and pulsate inside of their eye stalks to get eaten by a bird and enter the next stage of their life cycle, which they spend by living in the birds cloaca and spreading their eggs via feces.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago

Are the birds negatively affected by the wormies?

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 6 months ago

Their eyes don’t pulse out of their heads, if that’s what you mean.

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