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Commented on Parasites
If you want something from the inorganic domain, how about whiskering? It isn't technically parasitism, but it sure looks like it, and does have a lot of the characterstics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_%28metallurgy%29...
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Commented on Parasites
If you want a plant? Dodder. It is like something right out of science fiction. It's like the Red Weed from "The War of the Worlds" ... except it is a pale green. There is a wonderful timelapse video of...
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Commented on Parasites
I was also going to go with Toxoplasma gondii, but somebody beat me to it. Your most recent Laundry novel references another favourite of mine, for sheer creepiness. The larvae of the Tarantuala Hawk Wasp, while not technically a parasite,...