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Parasite survives predation on its host

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As prisoners in their living habitat, parasites should be vulnerable to destruction by the predators of their hosts. But we show here that the parasitic gordian worm Paragordius tricuspidatus is able to escape not only from its insect host after ingestion by a fish or frog but also from the digestive tract of the predator. This remarkable tactic enables the worm to continue its life cycle.
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hal-02992927 , version 1 (06-11-2020)

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Fleur Ponton, Camille Lebarbenchon, Thierry Lefèvre, David Georges Biron, David Duneau, et al.. Parasite survives predation on its host. Nature, 2006, 440 (7085), pp.756-756. ⟨10.1038/440756a⟩. ⟨hal-02992927⟩
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