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r/interesting • u/InTheSky57 • Aug 04 '26
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it didn't drown it probably died when the parasite went out i think
25 u/Secuter Aug 04 '26 I'm not sure that it was really alive at this point anyway. 2 u/Far-fetched888 Aug 04 '26 Yes it was, and it is still 6 u/hologrammetry Aug 04 '26 or when the parasite went in 3 u/collin-h Aug 04 '26 likely went in as a larvea, and slowly consumed it - which probably killed it, or is killing it. 1 u/Far-fetched888 Aug 04 '26 No it didn’t. They don’t kill their hosts at this stage.
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I'm not sure that it was really alive at this point anyway.
2 u/Far-fetched888 Aug 04 '26 Yes it was, and it is still
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Yes it was, and it is still
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or when the parasite went in
3 u/collin-h Aug 04 '26 likely went in as a larvea, and slowly consumed it - which probably killed it, or is killing it.
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likely went in as a larvea, and slowly consumed it - which probably killed it, or is killing it.
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No it didn’t. They don’t kill their hosts at this stage.
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u/Classic-Lie7836 Aug 04 '26
it didn't drown it probably died when the parasite went out i think