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Some creature, unbeknownst to you, living deep inside you has the ability to secretly control your behavior. The puppeteer within may sound like the plot to a horror film, but it's a lot more common than you might think. Radio Lab uncovers a world full of parasites and examines claims that some may actually be good for you.
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I want more.This was fascinating. My only complaint is that it didn't go on with more information, another hour, even more. |
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13:15 Is that its (the ant's) butt? (Conversation continues through 13:35 with usage of the term butt.)
13:20 Jad: . . . sticking its big red but in the air
13:31: Lulu: why would a parasite turn its butt red and stick its butt up in the air?
14:13 Jad: that is BLEEPing brilliant. It's BLEEPing brillant. I mean look at it?s red BLEEP is up in the air.
22:35 Jad: Before we start I just want to say one thing: the following 2 stories contain moments that are just a little bit gross. Just want to make sure you've been warned.
26:10 Jad: Now the question became how are these southerners getting the hookworm and giving it to one another and a pretty good place to start to look for an answer was their, uhh, feces. ( a discussion with use of the words defecate, defecation and feces continues to about 27:10)
26:28 Jad: So they asked these southerners, we you guys defecate where do you do it?
26:30 Dixon: I defecate over there. You see that tree? That is where I defecate.
26:35 Dixon: I defecate over there, but I live over here.
41:24 Jasper: It doesn't take an enormous amount of work to separate it from the feces.
44:37 Jasper: I mean for god's sake, these organisms fall out my rear end every day, a half a million at a time. The raw material is human excrement, for god's sake.
48:42 Ellen: her back claws are totally poop covered. So, I'm kinda worried as I am 6 months pregnant. The very first thing they tell you when you get pregnant is: stay away from cat poop.
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Rob Shinnick
Posted on July 17, 2010 at 05:23 AM | Permalink
Yikes. That hypothetical just hit pretty close to home.
So you can pick up blood flukes in a pond Africa and they can live inside you for 40 years, causing unexplained lethargy and other problems?
Hmm. I've had problems with lethargy for years. Is it depression? Thyroid condition? Or... hey... I lived in Africa 38 years ago! I remember swimming in rivers and ponds there. OH NO!!! I'VE GOT BLOOD FLUKES!!! That 'splains a lot! Yeah! That's it!
Gee, thanks, Radiolab, fer making me cringe, haha.
No, but seriously, it's been a gripping and fascinating program, as always. Thanks.
Y'all have now become my favorite series on PRX. (I also said that about The Memory Palace, I think, but those are shorter pieces.) Keep up the good work.
PS- I will be reading some more about blood flukes. Gahh!