tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post2581785716301931627..comments2024-03-27T19:39:11.723-04:00Comments on Parasite of the Day: June 7 - Diplozoon paradoxumSusan Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-73249913709535012902020-10-03T13:11:46.703-04:002020-10-03T13:11:46.703-04:00There is a book called Parasite in Love, by Miaki ...There is a book called Parasite in Love, by Miaki Sugaru, which main topic is the mind-controling parasites. In this book, the main character likes to talk about parasites and mentions D. Paradoxum. It is said that one of the fishs inhabited by D. paradoxum is the carp Koi, word that means "love" in japanese. She also says that the parasite discard the eyeballs of the carp within 24 hours, so Koi, like love, is blind. It is such a beautiful and romantic analysis, considering that D. paradoxum blindly joins the first of his type that he meets and never leaves him, though he is hermaphrodite and can self copulate. However its behavior probably has nothing to do with love. Yet we can dream and pretend it has.Zombie Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146437516963722423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-1487499126172344082020-04-05T16:08:24.787-04:002020-04-05T16:08:24.787-04:00Hmm now I need to make a pick up line around this ...Hmm now I need to make a pick up line around this worm to attract my own eternally bonded parasite:pTotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685971967171997705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-42487474411126643202010-06-10T09:14:31.359-04:002010-06-10T09:14:31.359-04:00What I like about this relationship is you can sti...What I like about this relationship is you can still see that they were two worms - that even though they are fused, they still retain some of their own identity. It's a symmetry.Susan Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-65166761758904864962010-06-10T07:26:21.380-04:002010-06-10T07:26:21.380-04:00Re "might be the most monogamous organism&quo...Re "might be the most monogamous organism"... What about Echiurans and angler fish? Perhaps obligately autogamous plants like Epipactis helleborine are truly the most monogamous.Mark Siddallhttp://bdellanea.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-54481209817861510342010-06-09T09:50:49.145-04:002010-06-09T09:50:49.145-04:00Been there - indeed, it was the only place in Toky...Been there - indeed, it was the only place in Tokyo that I was really enthusiastic about visiting :DDrhozhttp://drhoz.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com