SciShow: 4 Parasites Too Creepy to Exist

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Beautiful Geometry course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Warning! This episode is a little gross… Between 1/3 and 1/2 of all life on earth is parasitic - and here are 4 of the creepiest parasites we know about. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.otago.ac.nz/parasitegroup/PDF%20papers/Poulin2014-IJP.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300095919_Effect_of_the_parasitic_isopod_Anilocra_apogonae_Cymothoidae_on_the_growth_condition_reproduction_and_survival_of_cardinal_fish_Apogonidae https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-6285 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denham_Parker/publication/257377303_The_tongue-replacing_isopod_Cymothoa_borbonica_reduces_the_growth_of_largespot_pompano_Trachinotus_botla/links/0c960533d44dfbd0d1000000.pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/8583/1/NG_62_2003_Williams&Bunkley-Williams_Fish-parasitic_isopods.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319913453_First_record_of_the_snapper-choking_isopod_Cymothoa_excisa_Isopoda_Cymothoidae_parasitizing_invasive_lionfish_Pterois_volitans_Scorpaeniformes_Scorpaenidae http://people.oregonstate.edu/~blaustea/pdfs/JohnsonBlausteinEcoMonographs.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8211765_Review_of_the_Trematode_Genus_Ribeiroia_Psilostomidae_Ecology_Life_History_and_Pathogenesis_with_Special_Emphasis_on_the_Amphibian_Malformation_Problem https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.12094https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/biology-and-life-cycle-of-the-rhizocephala-cirripedia/11C2E47CABCABB175F4C49B1393BE125 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138511011530037X https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00396.x https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/03/colossal-blossom https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Vileplume_(Pok%C3%A9mon) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3460754/ Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphiprion_clarkii_-_Cymothoa_exigua_(28999213532).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cymothoa_exigua_parassita_Lithognathus_mormyrus.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annual_report_of_the_Game_and_Fisheries_Department_of_Ontario,_1921-34%22_(19176931660).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P._regilla_with_parasite-induced_limb_malformation.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leucochloridium.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three-legged_frog_(Rana_temporaria)_(8137866910).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenfrog_life_stages.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacculina_carcini.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/144794.php?from=363929 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haeckel_Sacculina.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wurzelkrebs-drawing.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xantho_poressa_2009_G1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ah,_Rafflesia!_(11967075415).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafflesia_zollingeriana_Kds.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafflesia-Bud_on_Liana.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_Rafflesia_is_already_showing_signs_of_wilting_(11967407133).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamps_of_Indonesia,_029-08.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafflesia_arnoldii_cycle.jpg


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