TED-Ed
The bizarre world of parasitic wasps - Miles Zhang
2023 • E4 Jan 12, 2023 6m
A cockroach and jewel wasp are locked in battle. The wasp latches onto the cockroach and inserts her stinger into the cockroach's brain, where her venom blocks its fight-or-flight response. Now, the cockroach is essentially a zombie, and its carcass will be used to grow the wasp’s offspring. Miles Zhang explores the gruesome evolutionary strategy known as parasitoidism.
Lesson by Miles Zhang, directed by Denys Spolitak.
Lesson by Miles Zhang, directed by Denys Spolitak.