Shivering movie of parasites manipulating snails

Leucochloridium (Leucochloridium, or Leucoclhloridium) of the fluke is a pretty unusual famous parasite, parasitic on the snail at larva. Although the parasitic snail is usually in the shadow of the leaf and so on so that it can not be found in birds and the like, it moves to a place where it is conspicuous as if it is manipulated by the parasite. If that is all it is, this parasite will move to the snail's antennae, move the shivering movement, and draw the bird's eye. And, as expected, the snail strikes the bird and is eaten, this parasite infests the birds. Furthermore, when becoming an adult in birds, this time, the hun containing larvae is excreted from this bird, and the snail repeated elegant reproductive cycle ... .... It is frightening ......

YouTube has a movie explaining this series of situations, so let's see.
YouTube - Zombie snails(Some people have a possibility of being unimaginable, so you can not see people who are not good at insects and parasites)


Also, the following page has detailed movie about this parasite. I am lost with tremendous speed.

Worm movie

Fauna of Trematodes - Succinea sp.

If you search for images on Google, it will come out in mountains. I'm going to faint ... ....

Leucochloridium - Google Image Search

In addition, it is main to parasitize snails and birds and does not infest humans, but there is a risk of death if they are mistakenly infested, there are also cases of death though it is several. In addition, snails are not limited to this parasite, so it is likely that they are often used as intermediate hosts of various parasites, so be careful when you touch them.