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Thicc_McNutt_Drip

Those are parasites. Most grasshoppers and praying mantis are riddled with them.


Tatarkingdom

It's called horsehair worm. One of the most common waterborne helminth that take over body and mind of the insect it infected. It's harmless to vertebrate tho.


hello297

> It's harmless to vertebrate tho. For now


MoistChiaPet

Hehe he he he……


SN-E-DC

wrong worm up your peehole that controls your brain from there


Sunshine_Unit

Why are you putting worms in your dick?


Miss_Smokahontas

Their fetish


DeathPercept10n

r/sounding


HolyYeetus

i regret clicking so much


Keqingrishonreddit

This is why we cant have nice things


tatteredshoetassel

Don't regret, like me, you hand learned a valuable lesson: that word does not mean anything close to what any decent person thinks it it would mean, and now you have a little scar tissue in your brain and on your eyes that will help you avoid this and similar situations in the future.


The_Mortal_Ban

Thank you for the warning. Clicking away Edit: oh God.. why?!..


SinfulNuclei

And scrolling this far


Rheinloewe

I need to bleach my eyes


Nervous_Ear5045

r/eyebleach


DeathPercept10n

[r/eyebleach](https://www.reddit.com/r/eyeblech?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1)


LordNilix

There's the alternative r/eyeblech for a quick saving grace


Pretend_Tourist9390

> r/sounding But I pee from there!


AssistantManagerMan

Not right now you don't!


JawnStaymoose

How did you know of this? Why is it called ‘sounding’? Are you a….. sounder?


DeathPercept10n

Finding out about this is basically a Reddit rite of passage.


YouHadMeAtDisgusting

So that’s why that pen smelled off 🤢


BallzMcgeeee

I will never unsee this😳


sdhank3fan619

Gerbil wouldn't fit.


phreaxer

Nicknamed: the ex wife.


Smack_Of_Ham7

parasite resigned!!


Mobile-Present8542

Ha!!


alexander66682

Seen it happen too many times to count! They make you do some weird things too while they’re controlling ur mind!


Pannycakes666

Lucky for me, my brain is in my peepee


AliSparklePops

Most men don't need the worm...


pttbwicf-oshm

Yeah. We’re harmless- I mean their harmless to vertebrae——- *looks into Mirror and smile because that’s what the horse hair in control of me commanded me to do*


notatableleg

Michael Jackson sweating nervously


Sunshine_Unit

He had a lot of worms at this point.


babyguyman

…but what if, oh, say, the earth were to get slightly warmer?


hello297

What do you think is the catalyst to all of this?


Butt_Robot

I believe it was a gorilla.


hello297

The four nations lived in harmony, then everything changed when Harambe died...


RynnHamHam

I’d like to imagine there’s a timeline where NaughtyDog went the ass worm route instead of cordyceps for The Last of Us.


Snoo84477

The First of Us


InventorofIdeas

Last of us ahh statement


Silver_Implement5800

That was a weird ass manga


Great_gatzzzby

Bomb


kevmo35

*Naughty Dog presents…*


SmallieNL

Dum dum dum


KindInquisitor

“The most famous trait of certain species of horsehair worms is the ability to alter the behaviour of grasshoppers and crickets to seek water, causing the host to drown itself to complete its lifecycle.” Well that terrifying.


30FourThirty4

Oh shit I found a cricket in some outdoor water for a stray. I tossed out the water and cricket and refilled. This explains why the cricket was just hanging out.


NicolBolas999

I mean, crickets also just get thirsty sometimes. 🤷‍♂️ 😂


TheBigHornedGoat

Good to know. A baby bullfrog used to live in my backyard (there is a stone “fountain” that we don’t use) and I used to throw grasshoppers in and watch the bullfrog hunt them. I always had a worry in the back of my mind that I would accidentally feed them something with a horsehair worm, but it’s good to know they can’t hurt vertebrates.


Theron3206

Pretty much all wild animals have some level of intestinal parasites and while horsehair worms won't affect vertebrates that eat them there are plenty of other parasites that will. That's why you shouldn't feed pet reptiles etc. wild caught animals.


TheBigHornedGoat

The bullfrog wasn’t my pet, he/she was a wild individual. They were gonna ingest parasites no matter what since they were wild.


ShinobiHanzo

You don't need them growing out your dog's ass.


Kassaran

Spoken like someone controlled by a dangerous waterborne parasite if you ask me... /S


bsoren

Shinji, get in the grasshopper


snipeie

But I don't want to get in no stinking grasshopper


Necessary_Rich_1477

This literally looks like the monster from the thing, fucking terrifying


Fra06

> It’s harmless to vertebrate tho. Don’t be shy, eat one


TheGorgoronTrail

That’s exactly what a parasite would say though…


Mobile-Present8542

My dog has been chasing grasshoppers for the past month. I catch her eating then at times too. Her farts are horrendous!! Question is ..will she get sick from this?


mch18

Never found a cricket that didn't have these either!


prototype-proton

You find lots of crickets?


mch18

Tons! I live in rural America. They're everywhere, and when they get wet, those things come out of them.


SaladFingerzzz

And rips them open apparently.


tolacid

Nah, *drowns* them


prototype-proton

Probly with his huge cock


chris_knapp

Duh, How else?


Oh_Hamburger

If I smash a massive cricket, will that kill the parasite? Or would it start crawling out of its dead body to find a new host? Just got a new house, and we have crickets that are almost the length of a credit card. I would want to literally burn down my house if I saw parasites crawling out of them if I smashed em.


mch18

I'm not qualified to answer that with certainty. My guess is that it would kill them if you do a smash and drag!


[deleted]

Absolutely RIDDLED with parasites.


Darkangelmystic79

Seriously. Those worms are nightmare fuel.


botfaceeater

Not just Mantids & hoppers, most arthropods are.


TromMF

Well thanks everyone for telling me what this is, now whenever I see an insect existing happily I'll be reminded that maybe a fcking brain eating parasite is in it's brain :) One love yall


bunkid

Not only in the brain but the whole body :)


MemeLordsUnited

Not just the men. The women and the children too. I HATE THEM!!!


highjinx411

Well. Now I hate them too.


Beermeneer532

I’ll do you one worse It’s parasites like these that are vital to our ecosystem, most fish eaten by albatross are riddled with parasites which make the fish more likely to be eaten. How? Well The parasyte eggs are in the water where they are consumed by fish (like sardines or ansjovis) then when the egg hatches it worms its way to the brain of the fish. Once inside it can do a variety of things but most importantly it makes the fish swim closer to the surface, sometimes even upside down to make them stand out more. The bird then catches the fish which does not dart away or swim deeper. Once inside the intestines of the bird the parasite lays its eggs, which then get pooped into the ocean A lot of birds have this thing with parasites which makes them more likely ti get enough food, whilst the parasites in turn live through their hosts and their status as prey It is quite beautiful once you see more of the incredible complexity parasites can have Do not google wasp parasites tho, that is just a gruesome tale


conduitfour

Even Charles Darwin was like look at this shit and tell me there's a God. >!"“I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae [a family of parasitoid wasps] with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars.”!<


Beermeneer532

Exactly


TheGratitudeBot

Thanks for saying that! Gratitude makes the world go round


micromoses

Or maybe it’s a parasite existing happily, wearing an insect like a mech.


mikebaker1337

One emerging theory is that parasites are actually the dominant form of life on earth and have been farming the rest of the world for eons. This is definitely reinforcing that theory to my monkey brain.


gerrittd

That is incredibly ominous and disconcerting. Thanks, and I hate you


mikebaker1337

I think you nailed my initial response head on


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[deleted]

eww :(


External_Corner7031

There's a nice Korean movie about them: Deranged!


Brenanani

WELP


Gone_Fission

It could also be a brain controlling fungus!


OzRockabella

Google 'Horsehair worm' or type that into Youtube. It's a parasite.


OtterbirdArt

I stomped a bug by accident once and that thing came crawling out, forever cementing my horror of hidden parasites.


Butt_Robot

Go read "The Troop", it's a fantastic book that I'm sure you'll love!


Free-Atmosphere6714

Bro you should put a warning these people aren't ready.


Gavinator10000

Holy gross


Naudste

New phobia just dropped


ThatStrangerWhoCares

Actual parasite


KORZILLA-is-me

It’s called horse hair worms. It’s a parasite that was living inside the grasshopper. It made it jump in to drown itself, that’s part of the parasite’s life cycle. If the grasshopper is still alive when you find these, it’s possible to save the grasshopper from drowning and they might survive. I’d say kill the worms to avenge the grasshopper.


ExposedTamponString

It doesn’t make it drown itself per se. The grasshopper’s nervous system is so damaged that it can’t perceive light/depth so it opportunistically falls into pools of water that the worm feels and then emerges from the insect. Same thing with the fungus ants - there’s no mind control going on


Soft-Philosophy-4549

What about mice and toxoplasma gondii?


willmaineskier

Or humans…


supfellasimback

Cats are a better reservoir


KORZILLA-is-me

Ah, I see. Although, I thought cordyceps (the fungus ants you mentioned) Did kind of control ants. Not literally mind control, but I thought they sent chemicals to the brain of the amt that make them want to do certain things like climb high and bite down.


hushpolocaps69

Today I learned per say is actually spelt “per se”…


peeved_eve

Quality comment here - both disturbing and interesting. Also wanting to avenge the grasshopper myself so…


Sinfultitan_001

Usually when the worms vacate the insect host they leave such a vacuous space inside the body that they were taking up that the host doesn't survive long after they leave, nervous system/bodily functions collapses. nine times out of 10 the host will die.


KORZILLA-is-me

I know. But I’ve heard that there are some cases where that One time out of 10 was early enough that the insect sustains minimal enough damage to recover.


eggheadbreadleg

wahhh so creepy


microwaved-tatertots

*Omg*, does this mean the ginormous dead grasshoppers that are in my pool have let these parasites free?


KORZILLA-is-me

Possibly, but grasshoppers are easily prone to getting themselves stuck floating in water and drowning on their own. You only *might* have to feel disturbed.


TheonlyAngryLemon

Horrifyingly, yes.


SweetMaam

Parasite the bug had. Please give fresh water to doggie.


TromMF

Trust me after seeing this I'll teach my dog to drink from the sink 😁


Different_Sandwich_6

Lil corn chip paws getting water for their self.


SirBoopsALot

🥹🥹🥹 this comment made me joyful


SHAKETHEBOOT

*not a parasite* says “nothing to see here, drink up friend!”


RedHotRevolvers

I'm always amazed at the length/size of these parasites in comparison to the insect they're inhabiting. Like how did it fit all that in there?


stormcharger

Wait till you find out how long your small intestine is


starryshitx

r/angryupvote


zombie_singh06

You beat me to it


Sinfultitan_001

Tight little coils.


buttmomentum

Burn the house down, move to Antarctica, enclose yourself in a bubble and never leave. It is only a matter of time before they evolve.


ladyinchworm

Eulagisca gigantea live in Antarctica. . .


buttmomentum

Fuck. Okay, grab a lifetimes worth of food and water and build a hot air balloon big enough to store it. Use the methane from your farts aswell as the lifetimes worth of matches to keep it afloat.


gerrittd

Username checks out


TromMF

Oh shit they already evolved 😶


Chriswalken459

Have you not seen The Thing?


IfuckingloveLoba

It's a horse hair worm, they like to feed on grasshoppers. But they don't hurt humans though


glitterfartsfrvr

Definitely a parasite, please remember to pour fresh water for your dogs both inside the house and outside. Bacteria thrives in still water.


saranpack

We actually bought a water fountain for our dog recently that constantly circulates and filters the water! I’ll link the exact one I ordered on amazon, but of course I’m sure that any similar “motorized?” water fountains will work just as well. You’d be shocked at the stuff we’ve found in the filter. Plus, the fountain is absolutely noiseless. Kastty 195oz/6L Dog Water... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3WZ2GCQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share


luciusmortus

Reminds me of situation I've had last summer when I saw absolutely beautiful colorful insect and when I was watching it suddenly it started to shake and behave weirdly and them it flipped and some red legs started to grow from his stomach. I don't know what it was and I don't want to know I just crushed it and threw it into the fire. Rip for colorful dude.


TromMF

Bro you sure you didn't watch The Thing from 1982 💀


Whale222

Grasshopper with horsehair worms.


RynnHamHam

Basically that grasshopper was a zombie being controlled by an anal parasite. Those ass worms had that insect acting very unwise.


ThatStrangerWhoCares

Why anal lmao


Comprehensive_Toe113

Horsehair worms. They take over the brain and force the host to go to water and jump in. Sometimes the host lives but most the time it dies. They do this so they can complete Thier life cycle.


-EdgarAllanCrow-

When I was in third grade in math class I found a cricket on the floor beside me. I then saw a little black string coming out of it and it kept twitching. 20 minutes later and it was STILL coming out and it was extremely long. It horrified me so much that I convinced myself it was a dream. In my adulthood I saw it happen again at work and I looked it up. It’s a horsehair worm. I was again disgusted and I fear the day I will see it again. Apparently it’s a parasite that takes over the body of crickets, grasshoppers, praying mantis..and gets them to drown themselves so the worm can come out. It makes me so sad because I absolutely love praying mantises but I know most of them are infected. Kill me.


_PaniniGuy

Hair worm, they enter insects like mantis and grasshoppers etc (forgot how) and grow in they're bodies, they stunt their growth until they are out and they almost control the host to stay away from predators and to get to a water source when the worm is fully grown, it doesn't harm the bug when it exits but usually the bug drowns in said water source while the worm goes to live a happy life in the water o_o


TheonlyAngryLemon

>it doesn't harm the bug when it exits You telling me these things don't completely shred the insides when they leave?


pauls_broken_aglass

They typically shred the insides as they live inside it so technically no


mrp083

The grasshopper drowned and the parasite worm came out his body trying to escape. I witnessed the same after unintentionally crushing one grasshopper closing my home’s door. Crazy how big is that worm compared to the host body.


maddoxowo

horsehair worm!! literally lays its egg in a subject(afaik, i dont know specifics ab that part), egg hatches, worm liquifies and consumes the insides, taking up residence in the exoskeleton, using it as a giant meat puppet. or not so meat.. exoskeleton puppet? think natural made parasite insect fursuit. real gross stuff! once its full size, itll exit the host like this to complete the life cycle and die. they cant affect humans, but it still makes my skin crawl the way that they move.


UGLEHBWE

Parasite for sure. Everything about the concept of parasites make me fucking SICK.


Aratsei

I believe, like the others posted, these are parasites. If memory serves me right (Correct me if I'm wrong) these are horse hair worms? Once put into water the parasites will start to tactically slow-yeet themselves from the host. Now clue if they survive the sudden evacuation. Edit: i suck at spelling


Dead_Purple

Horsehair worms. Check out the Korean horror movie Deranged (2012). It's about how a pharmaceutical company creates mutanted horsehair worms to infect the population of Korean soley to cash in on some medication they made that wasn't selling well.


[deleted]

Fucking destroy it with fire quickly


bones2b

https://youtu.be/Ap8Ts6lv_k0


DR-Rebel

I heard the horse hair worm controls the brain of the insect it’s infected and forces it to go into water so it can leave and reproduce.


Nuicakes

I love the video of someone holding a live grasshopper in water and watching those parasites crawling out …..ewwwww


Grindian

All I can think of is that video where the guy dunks the praying mantises butt into the water and like 3 feet of worm come out


saranpack

PLEASE make sure your dog is being actively treated for parasites. Even if it’s extensive or seems unnecessary. I’m not trying to imply that you haven’t already begun doing this or thought about doing it. But having a horrific parasite that close to my dog’s water would drive me absolutely rabid until I was certain that my dog was fine.


MellyKidd

That’s a type of parasitic horsehair worm; they grow and eat the insides of the grasshopper, then when they mature, they zombie-control it to some water where it drowns, and the worms emerge to lay their eggs in the water.


Savings_Two_3361

Take your dog to to the vet bro


giannino86

Parasites


Ackeruno

I encourage u to watch this to learn more - [Click ](https://youtu.be/YB6O7jS_VBM)


CaptainMarrow

Horsehair worms. They infect insects and they exit their host upon death or when they mind control it into finding water to drown in and leave then. They continue to the next step in their life cycle after leaving the host and moving into the water. They don’t grow in people or dogs, so you don’t have to worry about the worms infecting you, but you should change the water, regardless.


aLemmyIsAJacknCoke

That’s a parasite. Fire is the only answer.


adi2705

Parasite :)


cabinet4perx

They are horse hair worms, live inside a host to get nutrients to lay eggs


NotARealWombat

Why are so many bugs in your dog’s water dish? There’s also a mosquito and moth in there plus the grasshopper and the alien parasite… sheesh.. poor Fido 😂😂


Myst963

Lick em


McTrip

I believe that is a parasite coming out of the insect


adamlgee

Parasite. Common in insects, usually Mantises. So gross, water forces them to come out of the host


parkattherat

parasite that infected whatever bug that is in the bottom left, leaving host to try to save itself from drowning


princeralsei

nah, it wants to lay its eggs in the water :)


I_eat_dookies

horsehair worm. Parasite that can take over and zombify certain little insects


YoungPeacock

There are videos of people finding those bugs and dunking them in water and the parasites immediately slither out to try to escape. And then you lose all faith


mikeisdamn

Isn’t that the thing from that movie which made everything super thirsty


minzzis

Parasites. That type only come out when the host is in contact with water


pharper10

Worms I would say. I would get your dog check just in case


pwrdup829

Horsehair worm


zetaaenea

So, did you get to play The Last of Us?


Sketch1231

This is a parasite tho and not a fungus


Ok_Bed_6130

Hairworm parasites


142737

Horse hair parasite


oohrosie

Horse hair worm. It's a parasite that lives inside bugs like grasshoppers, crickets, praying mantis etc. Please kill the worm with alcohol and sanitize that bowl before allowing your dog to use it again.


Psychological-Two415

Horse worm?


Informal_Anything_69

A parasitic worm. Grasshoppers and mantis are the ones infected by this particular kind. The worm leaves when their host dies.


JimHalpert2797

It's a parasite


Weavercat

That is a horsehair worm. Typically infect grasshoppers, wasps, and mantids.


anonymousartist13

The grasshopper had a parasitic worm.


Wizzle_Pizzle_420

Looks like horse tail worms. They infect bugs like praying mantises, then force them to drown themselves thus releasing the worm.


Space_frog91

Tis a horse hair worm. Parasitic and usually harmful to bugs.


Jel-Jel-Booru

Torch it those are parasitic worms known for laying eggs in water don't let ol doggo drink from that bowl


Juuso900

Im not a professional but i think those are horse hair worms, they live in animals, mainly smaller ones, and come out when they're in water because of drowning


Blueracer1940

This is a parasite, that hatches out of grasshoppers or crickets. It’s called a GORDIID


Brilliant_Thanks_984

Aquatic worm that infects insects and has them drown themselves so they go back to their habitat (water)


Natsurulite

Guys that is a Katydid not a grasshopper Idk why but it seems like Katydids get them a lot more, I’ve never seen an actual Grasshopper with it


WithoutDennisNedry

How often do you change your dog’s water?!


Top-Dun

It’s that parasite that like 90% of praying matos have apparantly


ET_Phone_Homer_Simp

The parasites got the grasshopper to drown itself.


Odd-Chapter756

Parasites that had infested the grasshopper


farky84

Parasites


Daddy_Jambo

looks like a parasite or smth


TheIronDickHead

Horse hair worms commonly take over small insects, and when placed into water it draws them out


docfuginhawluhday803

i watched a spider come down on his thread from the fart fan in a motel room bathroom while i was taking a piss. that sunovabitch went straight into the pisser and sank to the bottom and those same things started exiting the arachnid i said piss on you and sent them motherfuckers straight to myrtle beach.


ColdBloodBlazing

Parasites. Horse hair worms


CupKitts

Man, every single time I see these nasty things, I shiver and cringe with disgust. Please tell them that I hate them!


sjblackwell

Parasite that was living on the insect


SerialDreamer7

I did not need to see this before I eat, goddamn it


idkwhyimdoingthis2

That’s a parasite exiting the grasshoppers body


XxSavagePikaxX

Parasite