Get your daily dose of ugly overload at Ugly Overload. It’s a blog that gives “ugly animals their day in the sun”, but the blog avoids the “tragic, diseased, or maimed.” However, you may still chunk your lunch! The animals highlighted over at Ugly Overload aren’t just ugly, but they are fascinating creatures that do not often make the front cover of media news, so if you want to balance your animal news then consider this blog.
One of my favorite recent postings was called “Look into My Eyes.” The post highlighted a parasite from the genus Leucochloridium. The parasite takes over a snail’s eyes but the parasitized mollusks are still mobile. Some parasitic animals have extraordinary life cycles that seem unworldly.
IMAGE of L. macrostomum parasitizing a snail by Ondřej Zicha via BioLib:
IMAGE illustrates the snail Succinea putris being parasitized by L. paradoxum:
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