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Science Journalist Matt Simon on Body Snatchers, the Undead and ‘Real-Life Zombies’
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:28:36
Publish Date: 2018-10-31 13:30:00
Description: Halloween tends to bring out the undead among us. But according to Matt Simon, author of "Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World--and Ourselves," zombies abound year round. There's the beetle who gets hijacked by a jewel wasp and manipulated into hosting it while it incubates. There's the cricket who hurls itself into water persuaded by the horsehair worm inside its stomach. And not least of all are humans, about a third of whom may carry a parasite that's linked to risky behavior and schizophrenia. Simon joins us to discuss some of nature's more terrifying creatures.
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