The Devious Tactics of the Haplorchis Pumilio Parasite
Meet the Haplorchis pumilio, a parasitic flatworm that’s far from a household name but has just been discovered to use an astonishingly diabolical strategy. This microscopic worm’s unique approach to survival and dominance inside its host is unlike anything scientists have observed before. When Haplorchis pumilio invades a host, typically a Malaysian trumpet snail, it immediately begins an intricate process of reproduction. The parasite creates a colony of clones, all genetically identical, which swiftly fills the snail’s body cavity. As
