Mind-Control Parasites

MYS059: Mind-control parasites have been a staple of science fiction for decades. But Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that not only do they exist in real life, they sometimes affect humans! Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts | Subscribe using Google Play | Subscribe using Stitcher | Subscribe by Email Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Kathleen McAuliffe’s book “This Is Your Brain on Parasites” * Wikipedia on Symbiosis * Behavior-Altering Parasite * Lancet Liver Fluke (victim: ants) * Horsehair Worm (victim: crickets) * Leucochloridium Paradoxum (victim: snails) * Leucochloridium Pardoxum causing snail’s eyestalks to pulse * Jewel Wasp (victim: cockroaches) * Toxoplasma Gondii (victim: rats) * Dinocampus Coccinellae (victim: lady bugs) * Sacculina barnacles (victim: crabs) * Rabies * Red Queen Hypothesis * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Send your feedback or comments to [email protected] or send a tweet with the hashtag of #mysteriousfeedback Mysterious Headlines * “Storm Area 51 Event” Now “Alienstock” Festival * Giant Post-Dinosaur Penguin Discovered