Comments on: A Fluke of Nature https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-74074 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:37:54 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-74074 For me, this is a metaphor for human existence: repetitive and, for most of us, pretty much useless.

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By: writelikethat https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-72386 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 01:26:57 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-72386 Love the way this is written. Amazing article too.

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By: deboldt https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-72252 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:53:11 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-72252 A masterpiece of Intelligent Design. There is a God and, for the poor ant, He is a SOB!

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By: Joao https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-27447 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:05:31 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-27447 Jatt
Do they know what determines which ones become brain-changers and which don’t?”

From the article: “Most of the parasites make their way to the abdomen, but a few take a detour which leads them to the insect’s nerve center, where they use mysterious methods to establish overpowering influence.”

I would assume the brain-changers are the ones that actually make it to the brain, and the ones that go to the abdomen are the ones that reproduce in the cow.

Me
Idiot u need to control the brain of the insect to get on the leaf to be eaten by a cow

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By: Fun Gus https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-26514 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:29:01 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-26514 Apparently, ants are particularly vulnerable to zombie-hood.

Zombie Ants Have Fungus on the Brain, New Research Reveals
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110509065536.htm

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By: Jospec5Star https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-23605 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:59:19 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-23605 I have been reading DI for some time now and just now decided to register. This is, like stated in previous posts, one of the most interesting articles I’ve come across on this site. This reminds me a lot of a segment in the T.V. series Planet Earth about insect parasites. The time lapses in that show are amazing! Keep up the good work DI staff!

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By: Mirage_GSM https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-23081 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:52:58 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-23081 [quote]vonmeth said: “*sigh*

A “law” differs from those as hypotheses, theories, postulates, and principles, etc., in that a law is a general statement about nature that is considered proven beyond doubt. It has been proven over and over soooo many times, it is considered to be true, but it is still a “theory”.”[/quote]
The difference between a law and a theory is not the degree to which it is proven.
[quote]wikipedia: The laws of science are various established scientific laws, or physical laws as they are sometimes called, that are considered universal and invariable facts of the physical world. Laws of science may, however, be disproved if new facts or evidence contradicts them. A “law” differs from hypotheses, theories, postulates, principles, etc., in that a law is an analytic statement, usually with an empirically determined constant. A theory may contain a set of laws, or a theory may be implied from an empirically determined law.[/quote]

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By: elma https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-21263 Mon, 05 May 2008 15:55:17 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-21263 About the Dicrocoelium dendriticum. The article is good but the picture is not Dicrocoelium since its testes lie horizontally to each other, Dicrocoelium species’ testes (the two big red in the anterior portion) should be vertically located to each other. This belong to family Dicrocoelidae and usually confused with one other specie which is the one in the picture under the same family. Platynosomum fastosum, the difference is the testes lie horizontally. thanks and still I enjoyed the article.

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By: lizdini https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-20761 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:03:12 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-20761 [quote]Soup said: “This is completely unrelated to the article so feel free to ignore the rest of my comment

I have a question
Do Jews get into Christian Heaven?”[/quote]

I don’t know, do they want to? Do Christians want to be reincarnated with the Wiccans & Hindus?

(I think that sounds more antoganistic then I meant it to, I’m not trying to fight, I think it’s an interesting question)

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By: MiladyM https://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature/#comment-16723 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:37:17 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=54#comment-16723 DAMN where in a Tight SPOT!!!!

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