• Title: Parasites
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• Genres: Documentary

Summary Parasites ()

From leeches to tapeworms and cuckoos to mosquitoes Steve reveals the mind-boggling methods that parasites employ to survive, breed and feed by exploiting their animal and human hosts!

Steve's team presents a selection of obnoxious, albeit often not lethal parasites which plague humans and/or wildlife. Some are bloodsuckers, like leeches, vampire bats and mosquitoes, who are worse as they can carry killer diseases, worst of all malaria. Others are more subtle, entering as eggs, like tapeworms in us, or a wasp laying her eggs in a poison-sedated tarantula. A fungus grows fatally trough organisms, from ant colonies to their much larger prey. The cuckoo obtains the same results trough unsuspecting bird parents' own brooding efforts.

Synopsis Parasites ()