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Roidy wrote:

> i saw a documentary (TV) that had film of a snail infected with a similar
> parasite (or same) that grew inside the snail and migrated to the eye stalks
> (that would swell with the parasite inside) where it would acutally pulsate
> with amazing colours and rythem (it would flash bands of yellow on red that
> started @ the bottom of the stalk and flashed to the top), it was a pretty
> impressive animated display, it attracted birds who would eat either the
> whole snail or just the eye stalks.

Another one to put to the Minister on Sunday..   ;-)

"Gore,  Glorious Gore..
Red of tooth and of claw!  "

Thanks!

>
>
> "Rick and Di" <neurie@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:3B2F2F1F.1CBB14BF@bigpond.com...
> > digenetic trematodes, such as Fasciola hepatica (the liver fluke) pass
> > through several hosts, and undergo both asexual and sexual reproductive
> > phases.  The utilise a snail as an intermediate host where the asexual
> > reproduction occurs, and then migrate into the eye stalks of the snail.
> The
> > snail basically carries the developing parasites to teh tops of plants,
> > where they can be eaten by sheep and cattle (the definitive hosts) and the
> > cycle starts over.  This multiple host and polymorphism is a feature of
> this
> > branch of the Platyhelminthes.
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > Rick