tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post1865698100062769075..comments2024-03-27T19:39:11.723-04:00Comments on Parasite of the Day: Alaria spp.Susan Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-36940679107383697232021-12-15T10:15:14.173-05:002021-12-15T10:15:14.173-05:00I find this post relating to Alaria interesting, f...I find this post relating to Alaria interesting, firstly because it seems so close to home (red garter snakes in Manitoba) but also because it shifted my perception of the “effect parasites have on their hosts” specifically a paratenic host. I assumed that parasites do not cost their paratenic hosts much, since they do not change developmental stages in a paratenic host. But, this blog post about snakes says differently, and points that Alaria in fact does have a reproductive cost on the snakes it infects (Since, infected snakes have a disadvantage during copulation in a mating ball).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-57597488122408725312020-11-05T14:46:09.937-05:002020-11-05T14:46:09.937-05:00I initially found this article interesting because...I initially found this article interesting because it focuses on a parasite that resides in the red-sided garter snakes in Manitoba. I love snakes and I have been to the Narcisse Snake Dens multiple times in the spring. It's pretty cool how the parasite essential turns its snake host's tail into a bag of parasites. I’ll be on the lookout for this parasite the next time I get the chance to pick up a garter snake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com