The 4 Creepiest Parasites on Earth (This Will Keep You Up at Night!)

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Published 2019-08-11

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@SBroproductions 4 years ago

"Horrifying, but wait, it gets worse." - Parasites in a nutshell.
@jonathanbecerra7073 4 years ago

"1/3 to 1/2 of all life on Earth is parasitic" Thanos snap
@thischannel4326 1 year ago

I used to hate parasites, but then they grew on me.
@lonelycoffee8374 1 year ago

I had no idea the corpse flower was a parasite. I never knew entirely what it was, but I thought it was just some weird plant
@TheTexas1994 4 years ago

“Are you sure you want to restart earth?”
@whimsy5623 4 years ago

Horrifying BUT WAIT, IT GETS WORSE
@jimmutenken3989 2 years ago

I always thought Rafflesia flowers had something interesting about them, but I never knew they’d have such a hardcore strategy for survival.
@redozmasoma 2 years ago

The No. 1 isopods are so polite "Oh, someone is already at the tongue, ok let me just chill on the gills" lol
@HeavyMettaloid 4 years ago

Now the "Oh, barnacles!" swear from Spongebob makes sense!
@NatureWitch 4 years ago

Poor crabs everything and everyone wants to eat them or use them.
@EduardoSanchez-un2hh 1 year ago

If scientists manage somehow to fuse a couple of these together in a lab, we would have a zombie apocalypse.
@cyirvine6300 1 year ago

I had a lizard that had eyes that would bulge out and pulse like that. Now I freak out wondering if it was infected. Great video with content!
@Vannah272 4 years ago

"It invades the eye stalks of snails, turning each eye into a pulsating brood sac that looks like a juicy caterpillar ready to be snapped up by the parasite's next host." My eardrums will never be clean again.
@donfields1234 4 years ago

I thought humans getting crabs was bad, but crabs getting barnacles is waaaay worse, AND the poor crab didnt even have unprotected sex or live dangerously....how unfair the world truly is.
@deucedeuce1572 1 year ago

I always hope these animals (and even insects) don't suffer. I can't imagine how painful these things could be... or other forms of suffering, like not being able to breathe.
@LelandMaurello 1 year ago

Those parasites in the snail's 'eyes' are def one of the most horrific creatures. I'm glad these small creatures cannot 'think' the way we do. Nature is so damn macabre sometimes!
@xVancha 4 years ago

Hank: "The parasite even somehow forces the snails to be more active and stay out in the open where they're easier for predators to spot" Snail: THIS IS HELL. SOMETHING KILL ME. ANYTHING. PLEASE.
@switchamafuck78 4 years ago

ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR/MRS.KRABS?
@technolance2164 1 year ago

There's also another parasite that attatches to a spider and hijacks its brain so it spins a web fit for a wasp nest while the parasites steals the nutrients from the spider and when it's done spinning the web the parasite kills it and releases wasps to continue the cycle Edit: its called the "ZATYPOTA PERCONTATORIA"