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Leucochloridium paradoxum parasite infecting a snail

A parasitic worm infecting a snail and causing it to seek an exposed spot during the day while pulsating it's green egg sack inside the snails eye stalk. All in order to attract a bird to eat it along with the snail so that it can complete it's life cycle.

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Uploaded on September 10, 2014
Taken on August 29, 2014