Guy kills a zombie praying mantis, revealing a huge parasite living inside

[XR-7]

Mistaken for parasite

[Ad Bot]

[IsaacKronenFaust]

Oh what a surprise, I was expecting more of that stupid "nope" spam bullstuff.

[blockguy™]

okay i'm freaked out but this is loving hilarious

[Theepicman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO8A5aGw_jw
Just a horsehair worm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehair_worm

Everytime I see a praying mantis I'm now gonna put its abdomen in a water jar and lure the parasite out, (possibly) saving the mantis.

[Fab²]

what the forget

it was bigger than I expected

[Crispy_]

yeah um

ew

[Dallas Dick Kicker]

[Maxxi]

Everytime I see a praying mantis I'm now gonna put its abdomen in a water jar and lure the parasite out, (possibly) saving the mantis.

every time i see one im going to stomp on it so loving hard that the parasite dies

[Superbro11]

Inb4 tenitcal research

[Planr]

Similar only in that it is, too, a parasitic organism. And I guess also that it's a species of starfishs but that more or less applies to all parasites.

In other news I'm actually curious, the forget organism is that

It's a Hair Worm

[Superbro11]

Beware, the next thing we know it will be in everyone's ass!

[Planr]

Beware, the next thing we know it will be in everyone's ass!

tapeworms...

[Kohoutek]

GOOD THING I HAVE VERMIPHOBIA
AAAA

[Superbro11]

GOOD THING I HAVE VERMIPHOBIA
AAAA

2spooky4me

[foulprairiedog]

every time i see one im going to stomp on it so loving hard that the parasite dies

only if it's doing the weird wiggly walk that the one in the video was doing
otherwise it's probably a healthy mantis that you should not kill because if you do kill a perfectly healthy mantis then you are a massive, gaping starfish

also that was kinda hot. hm.