Zombies are real!

A parasite is...

(Section 5)

• an organism that hurts the host animal by living off it.

• an insect that turns other animals into zombies by biting them.

• a fungus that can reanimate a dead animal or insect.

• a teacher that makes us work when we are tired.

Why do some organisms take control of other creatures?

(section 10)

• to travel long distances

• to extend their own lives

• to have social interactions

• to use them as protection

How did scientists learn more about the fungus that could exert mind control?

(section 10)

• They extracted the chemicals the fungus used to control insects.

• They let the fungus try to attach itself to ant brains in a lab.

• They cut up the fungus and looked inside them to see what chemicals they used.

• They ate the fungus to see what happened.

A wasp lays its eggs on an orb-weaving spider to...

(section 15)

• force the spider to protect the wasp and it's larva.

• make it provide a home and a meal for the larva.

• use the spider to carry the larva long distances.

• make it create a cocoon for the larva.

How does the jewel wasp affect a cockroach?

(section 20)

• It makes it so the cockroach cannot move independently.

• It prevents the cockroach from moving at all.

• It causes the cockroach to follow it.

• It makes the cockroach die in a specific place.

How did Libersat test the wasp's mind controlling ability?

(section 25)

• He removed the cockroach's brain and exposed it to the wasp.

• He injected the wasp's venom into other parts of the cockroach's brain.

• He removed the parts of the cockroach's brain that the wasp infects.

• He watched wasps infecting different cockroaches.

How does the parasite get zombie fish to be eaten by birds?

(section 30)

• They control the fish's movements.

• They cause the fish to be less frightened by birds.

• They force the fish to throw themselves on land.

• They make the fish seek out birds.

Scientist study mind-controlling parasites in order to learn...

(section 35)

• how to control people

• more about animal interactions

• how to break their control over organisms.

• more about the human brain.