tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post113933726526359247..comments2023-10-31T05:37:45.410-07:00Comments on Hungry Hyaena: Exoparasitoid in the MorningHungry Hyaenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139603462753881942006-02-10T12:31:00.000-08:002006-02-10T12:31:00.000-08:00Michael:Sounds great...I haven't read the book, an...Michael:<BR/><BR/>Sounds great...I haven't read the book, and that little anecdote could one day sell a copy.<BR/><BR/>Carel:<BR/><BR/>Yup.<BR/><BR/>Scace:<BR/><BR/>Big nerds are always cool. Well, big bio nerds, anyway. Fascinating stuff.<BR/><BR/>Antonio:<BR/><BR/>Spoken like a typical agnostic! ;)<BR/><BR/>I kid, I kid. Your point is well taken. but Darwin was considering an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God, as was the characterization then, and, as such, "He" would have been controlling them.<BR/><BR/>Michael:<BR/><BR/>Word.Hungry Hyaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139596082053443042006-02-10T10:28:00.000-08:002006-02-10T10:28:00.000-08:00Art is my Ichneumon wasp.Art is my Ichneumon wasp.Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139541728338514712006-02-09T19:22:00.000-08:002006-02-09T19:22:00.000-08:00"I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and om..."I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae [wasp]with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars" <B>-C.Darwin</B><BR/><BR/>-wait a minute, <I>He</I> made 'em, but never said <I>He</I> controls 'em.<BR/><BR/>from the agnostic front,<BR/>AntonioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139507506130508922006-02-09T09:51:00.000-08:002006-02-09T09:51:00.000-08:00I actually met Fred Liberstat after one of his tal...I actually met Fred Liberstat after one of his talks at Harvard last year. This wasp is amazing in that not only does it create the cockroach zombies, which is really cool and just a little bit disturbing, but it finds the right spot to inject the venom using tiny sensory receptors on its stinger. It doesnt stick its stinger through the head at a precise spot, but uses chemical receptors, possibly even neurotransmitter receptors to locate the correct ganglion to inject the venom. Yeah, Im a big nerd, but its cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139419425382204472006-02-08T09:23:00.000-08:002006-02-08T09:23:00.000-08:00That is RAD.That is RAD.zipthwunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761727194113640578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139370102530704552006-02-07T19:41:00.000-08:002006-02-07T19:41:00.000-08:00That is soooo cool. Parasitic life histories often...That is soooo cool. Parasitic life histories often leave me shaking my head, and the "mind control" that seems to be commonly involved is especially fascinating.Carel Brest van Kempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526786631222320968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-1139341186196352872006-02-07T11:39:00.000-08:002006-02-07T11:39:00.000-08:00Love it.Makes me think of the wonderful scene in U...Love it.<BR/>Makes me think of the wonderful scene in Updike's, "Witches of Eastwick" when the devil character delivers a sermon on the glory of parasites at the local Unitarian church.<BR/>Praise and Glory!Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.com