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PBusted
09/09/22 9:01:27 PM
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of crabs.
There's a species of barnacle of the genus Sacculina that infects female crabs and grows tentacles into its brain. It then lays eggs in the crab's egg sac, which swells up with baby zombie-making barnacles to infect other crabs with. And if it gets into a male crab, it turns him into a female crab

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PuppeteerParasite
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParasiteZombie

When a female Sacculina is implanted in a male crab, it interferes with the crab's hormonal balance. This sterilizes it and changes the bodily layout of the crab to resemble that of a female crab by widening and flattening its abdomen, among other things. The female Sacculina then forces the crab's body to release hormones, causing it to act like a female crab, even to the point of performing female mating dances. If the parasite is removed from the host, female crabs will normally regenerate new ovarian tissue, while males usually develop complete or partial ovaries instead of testes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacculina
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ElatedVenusaur
09/09/22 9:08:55 PM
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Nature is based.

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Lairen
09/09/22 9:16:11 PM
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Whats a crab?

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wackyteen
09/09/22 9:18:58 PM
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The parasites in the water are turning the goddamned crabs trans!

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Master_Bass
09/09/22 9:18:59 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM

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Evening_Dragon
09/09/22 9:19:39 PM
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Damn nature you scary

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gunplagirl
09/10/22 3:35:06 PM
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Can't wait to hear how this is proof that science is evil

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Crimsoness
09/10/22 3:39:05 PM
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They're turning the friggin' crabs female!

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Returning_CEmen
09/13/22 2:59:08 AM
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Terrifying

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Questionmarktarius
09/13/22 3:01:47 AM
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Clownfish change gender as survival. When the alpha female dies, the alpha male becomes the alpha female.
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MabusIncarnate
09/13/22 3:05:38 AM
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Fucking lib parasites

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Kaiganeer
09/13/22 3:54:27 AM
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parasitic crabussy
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eggcorn
09/13/22 4:01:58 AM
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waiting for the anime

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WorsCaseOntario
09/13/22 4:07:26 AM
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Good thing these crazy parasites only affect invertebrates

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eggcorn
09/13/22 4:08:55 AM
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WorsCaseOntario posted...
Good thing these crazy parasites only affect invertebrates
half of CE is fucked jkjk

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PBusted
09/14/22 10:37:43 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Clownfish change gender as survival. When the alpha female dies, the alpha male becomes the alpha female.
Clams too
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/11/clams-reproduce/
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