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Snail/Parasite question
I'm passing this one off to y'all. I wonder if Disney is looking to
create a new character? ;) -Cynthia
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 96 09:15:53 PST
From: "Alex Schaefer" <alex_schaefer at studio_disney.com>
Message-Id: <9610128478.AA847819253@ccmsmtp2.wds.disney.com>
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Subject: snails
I hope that you can assist me with some information about a certain
snail/ parasite relationship that I saw on a docmentary on the
Discovery Channel. I don't know the names but let me describe to you
what I saw. There is a certain parasite that dwells in birds stomachs
and all it wants to do is get into other birds. When is gets excreted
from a bird, there is a good chance that a snail will consume the
poop, for lack of a better term. This is where things get exciting.
The parasite, in it's effort to get back into another bird, takes over
the snails' brain and eyes and, like a zombie, forces the snail to
climb a tree and stop in a most exposed and obvious place so that a
passing bird will eat the snail and the life cycle can continue. That
is a brief description, but what I would like, and you may be able to
help here, is names or pictures, or books, or web addresses, or
resources where I could find out more about these creatures. I hope
that I gave you enough info in my summary of the show that you know
what I'm talking about.
Thanks!
alex