The Weirdest Parasite on Earth

Get a 2-year plan + 4 extra months and 30 days money-back guarantee by going to https://nordvpn.com/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-... Patreon:   / realscience   Twitter:   / stephaniesamma   Instagram:   / stephaniesammann   Credits: Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (https://www.elfylandstudios.com/) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (  / forgottentowel  ) Producer: Brian McManus (   / realengineering  ) References: [1] https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/... [2] https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infoped... [3] https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/... [4] https://www.nybg.org/garden/the-corps... [5] https://www.quantamagazine.org/dna-of... [6] https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc4... [7] https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... [8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... [9] https://www.quantamagazine.org/dna-of... [10] https://www.google.com/books/edition/... [11] https://www.britannica.com/science/hy... [12] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... [13] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... [14] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... [15] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/en... [16] https://doaj.org/article/8bd3034a94b3... [17] https://earth.org/deforestation-in-so... [18] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...