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Ted: Ted Ed: How Brain Parasites Change Their Host's Behavior

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The biggest challenge in a parasite's life is to move from one host to another. Intriguingly, many parasites have evolved the ability to manipulate the behavior of their hosts to improve their own survival- sometimes even by direct brain control. Jaap de Roode details a few parasites that can really mess with the mind. [5:13]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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