Zombie Parasites

Over time a parasite will weaken or sicken the host.

• True

• False

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This is the most common parasite of cats and dogs

• Flea
• Tick
• Lice
• Mite

These parasites can lay up to 2,000 eggs in their lifetime.

• Fleas
• Ticks
• Lice
• Mites

A parasite is...

• an insect that turns other organisms into zombies.

• an organism that hurts its host by living off of it.

• an organism that eats the decomposing bodies of other organisms.

Why do some organisms take control of other creatures?

• to extend their own lives

• to have social interactions

• to use them as protection

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How did scientists learn more about the fungus that could exert mind control?

• They observed it exerting control over different organisms.

• They extracted the chemicals it used to control ants.

• They exposed it to the brains of the ants it naturally controlled.

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A wasp lays its eggs on an orb-weaving spider to...

• force it to protect the wasp and its larva.

• use it to carry its larva long distances.

• make it provide a home and meal for its larva.

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Scientist study mind-controlling parasites in order to learn...

• more about animal interactions.

• how to control people.

• more about the human brain.

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