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    After a female wasp injects its egg into the ladybird, the larva munches on its host's internal tissues before breaking out through the abdomen.
    Sounds pretty terminal. However...
    Of the ladybirds converted into bodyguards by the wasps, the researchers found that about 25% recovered from the ordeal.
    BBC News - Ladybird made into 'zombie' bodyguard by parasitic wasp

    #2
    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    A lesson for any of us tempted to go permie.

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      #3
      A very interesting story. I can't understand how something that big can emerge from the ladybird, and the ladybird could survive?
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        #4
        Originally posted by Zippy View Post
        A very interesting story. I can't understand how something that big can emerge from the ladybird, and the ladybird could survive?
        You have never got drunk on Guinness then?
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #5
          Originally posted by doodab View Post
          You have never got drunk on Guinness then?
          No. You've put me right off the idea too
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