Worst Shoe Ever ? 👟😂

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Hey friends,

Over the years I have shared all kinds of crazy parasites with ya. The one I am about to share reminded me of the tongue-eating louse, which you probably know of as it's been an all time viral sensation. If not, just check the link above, it's one nasty fucker.

So, today we have a parasite with a similar concept.

Meet, Macrocheles rettenmeyeri a mite that attaches to army ants. Specifically, they live on the feet of one particular species of ant (Eciton dulcius) and pretty much act like an extension of the foot, whilst sucking the blood of the ant.

The new hind legs look like the ants’ tarsal claws and take over their function when the ants form chains. source

Within the colony, some mites are known to suck on the ant hemolymph. Macrocheles rettenmeyeri is a parasitic mite found with E. dulcium. It is remarkable because it functionally replaces the ant’s distal tarsal segment. The mite attaches itself to the membrane of hind leg pulvilli and its curved hind legs serve as the ant’s claws without affecting the host’s behavior source

This is a photo of how the world's worst...shoe looks like

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And another one:

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And finally a pic of a regular leg vs a parasitized one. I guess the ants gain some height as well 😂

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Unfortunately, these mites seem to be quite rare and there's really not much more info available out there.

It's just makes me wonder what kind of evolutionary pathways led to this crazy adaptation 😂😂😂👟👟👟

Evolution is fun

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It's like that one pebble in your shoe you can't get out, but it also sucks your blood.

Nasty parasites.

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Now that is pretty funky! Evolution is fun for sure! Must have been some sporadic mutations that led to this, pretty wild though!
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i have heard too about the tongue eater, thats soooo creepy

this one compared is a cute puppy...must not be too comfortable being crushed at every step tough

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must not be too comfortable being crushed at every step tough

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Nature is interestingly creepy. There are a lot of parasites I saw on youtube. One particular lays eggs inside its host, mind controls it and eats it after the egg hatches. Really nasty but amazing 😅

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There's even a TV show based on them :p

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Evolution is weird. We see the weirdest things happen but I do think that they are selective in survival. If it doesn't help them, then I don't think there will be many cases of them around.

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Holy, Wow that is Brutal! I have often wondered about Parasites, a few weeks ago in the Newspaper they actually found a Living Cockroach inside a living persons colon, I would not have believed unless I read it .... Yuck wow i hate Bugs or most of them...
P.s. CORRECTION: and/ or Intestines

However I DO enjoy Ladybugs, FireFlies, and a cpl others Fire Flies Rock they munch on the 🦟 Mosquito's

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Yeah I blogged about that one like a month ago LOL

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