r/interesting • u/InTheSky57 • Aug 04 '26

NATURE Parasite flees a mantis when hit with water

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u/CinnamonEspeon Aug 04 '26

Yeah after like a decade of reality stranger than satire I....I wouldn't be surprised by much anymore lol

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u/Workman44 Aug 04 '26

This is absolutely something the CIA would look into. Ffs just look at MKUltra, they don't care about the law and never have

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u/Vismal1 Aug 05 '26

They totally would but looking at their track record it would get insane funding and result in one guys cuck chair and a blow dart that kills trees ( look at MKUltra lol)

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u/HotDogFingers01 Aug 04 '26

I'm no longer surprised but continue to be disappointed.

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u/randomnumbers2506 Aug 04 '26

Thankfully it's pretty much impossible for parasites like that to work on mamals let alone humans as our nervous systems are just so much more complex than the ones of insects