Real-life aliens extremely efficient at turning their hosts into new parasites
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
The way parasitoid wasps feed may be gruesome, but it is an extremely efficient way to exploit prey, University of Exeter research has found. The wasps lay their eggs inside other animals and once the larvae hatches it starts feeding on the still living host from inside — as portrayed in the movie Alien. This […]