Researchers, in an article in Nature, announce they've discovered the process by which a wasp in Africa/India/etc stuns, then 'zombifies' a cockroach, turning it into a willing sucker that can be lead back to the nest to feed to its larvae.
Apparently the wasp has a secondary sting that contains a compound that blocks the neurotransmitter roaches use to initiate complex (for them) decision-making. Leaving them willing drones to be lead around by the antennae.
Seriously, how long until this compound (or a human analogue) is patented for use in humans and put into the grape juice at snake handling churches?
Source: Nature
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