Comments on: Attack of the cloned soldier worms http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sari Alessandra http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9168 Sari Alessandra Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:15:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9168 And what will the cook say after reading this? Will he serve the escargot as usual? :D And what will the cook say after reading this?
Will he serve the escargot as usual? :D

]]> By: Eleanor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9167 Eleanor Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:53:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9167 Fascinating, but almost brought my breakfast up. Fascinating, but almost brought my breakfast up.

]]> By: MattK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9166 MattK Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:14:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9166 Very cool story, Ed. Parasitic flatworms of snails have been pretty well studied (at least I thought so) because of their health and economic importance. I'm amazed this has just been discovered now. I guess slides are no substitute for looking at living organisms. Very cool story, Ed. Parasitic flatworms of snails have been pretty well studied (at least I thought so) because of their health and economic importance. I’m amazed this has just been discovered now. I guess slides are no substitute for looking at living organisms.

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9165 Ed Yong Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:42:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9165 The snail is effectively irrelevant. It's a bag of meat that serves only as a shell for its parasites. Remember that at the height of infection, almost half of its body is made up of parasites and it has been castrated. It has no more say in its future than a car does in where it goes. The snail is effectively irrelevant. It’s a bag of meat that serves only as a shell for its parasites. Remember that at the height of infection, almost half of its body is made up of parasites and it has been castrated. It has no more say in its future than a car does in where it goes.

]]> By: Natalie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9164 Natalie Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:27:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9164 what does the snail have to say bout all this? what does the snail have to say bout all this?

]]> By: Walter S. Andriuzzi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9163 Walter S. Andriuzzi Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:58:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9163 @ Bishnu Marasini: you wonder? Reading carefully is all you need: "[...] he found that they would only attack those from other colonies or SPECIES" @ Bishnu Marasini: you wonder? Reading carefully is all you need: “[...] he found that they would only attack those from other colonies or SPECIES”

]]> By: Bishnu Marasini http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9162 Bishnu Marasini Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:45:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9162 I wonder would they fight with different species also? I wonder would they fight with different species also?

]]> By: Walter S. Andriuzzi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9161 Walter S. Andriuzzi Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:44:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9161 Woa, queens and soldiers in parasitic flatworms, I would have never expected that! Nature always surprises me, no matter how much I learn about it What an example of kin selection - and just a few days after Nowak and Wilson's attempt (failed attempt, I think) to demolish it Woa, queens and soldiers in parasitic flatworms, I would have never expected that! Nature always surprises me, no matter how much I learn about it
What an example of kin selection – and just a few days after Nowak and Wilson’s attempt (failed attempt, I think) to demolish it

]]> By: Nathan Myers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/14/attack-of-the-cloned-soldier-worms/#comment-9160 Nathan Myers Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:52:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=2627#comment-9160 <i>The colony lives together for years, driving around their snail vehicle.</i> Why does this make me think of "A Night at the Roxbury"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L3uE3xKnt0 The colony lives together for years, driving around their snail vehicle.

Why does this make me think of “A Night at the Roxbury”? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L3uE3xKnt0

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