Comments on: Flies drink alcohol to medicate themselves against wasp infections http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/20/flies-drink-alcohol-to-medicate-themselves-against-wasp-infections/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Robert S-R http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/20/flies-drink-alcohol-to-medicate-themselves-against-wasp-infections/#comment-14333 Robert S-R Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:52:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6376#comment-14333 I lol'ed at the chest burster. You sure know how to reward those who read to the end. : ) I lol’ed at the chest burster. You sure know how to reward those who read to the end. : )

]]> By: David Hobby http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/20/flies-drink-alcohol-to-medicate-themselves-against-wasp-infections/#comment-14332 David Hobby Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:32:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6376#comment-14332 "And it’s possible that the larvae know this too. Milan found that infected larvae were more likely to seek out an alcoholic meal if they were infected by L.boulardi (the specialist) than L.heterotoma (the generalist)." I think this is backwards? And what about those worms in tequila bottles? : ) “And it’s possible that the larvae know this too. Milan found that infected larvae were more likely to seek out an alcoholic meal if they were infected by L.boulardi (the specialist) than L.heterotoma (the generalist).”

I think this is backwards?

And what about those worms in tequila bottles? : )

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