Which parasite causes “snail fever”? | Our Goal

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This takes making eyes at someone to a whole new level… This unfortunate snail is infected with the green-banded broodsac worm, a parasite that’s partial to taking up residence in the eyes of snails in the succineidae family. The hosts fall folly to the worm when sucking up bird feces which contain parasite’s eggs. When the eggs hatch, the worms travel to the eye stalks of the snail where they pulsate to resemble caterpillars and attract the attention of birds. The worm even has mind control ove