Outstanding meme. Cool fact is that the wasps inject their eggs along side a virus, which specifically turns off the manduca's immune system for a bit. It then allows the immune system to turn back on. Since the eggs have been in there during the immune reboot, they're considered 'self' and not attacked by the immune system

Link to a relevant folk song about parasites that has a verse about this sort of wasp

Just bought this childhood book of mine for my own newborn son... Probably a bit too young for this sequel tho

Considering sending this to my daughter who wants to learn English.

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