These Hairworms Eat a Cricket Alive and Control Its Mind | Deep Look
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A baby hairworm hitches a ride inside a cricket, feasting on its fat until the coiled-up parasite is ready to burst out. Then it hijacks the cricket's mind and compels it to head to water for a gruesome little swim.
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If you’re out on a hike and look down at a puddle, you might spot a long, brown spaghetti-shaped creature whipping around madly in a figure 8.
It’s a hairworm - also known as a horsehair worm or Gordian worm - and researchers have described 350 species around the world. Good news: It isn’t interested in infecting or attacking humans. But if you had happened on the puddle a few hours earlier, you might have witnessed a gruesome spectacle - the hairworm wriggling out of a cricket’s body, pushing its way out like the baby monster in the movie “Alien.”
How a hairworm ends up in a puddle, or another water source such as a stream, hot tub or a pet’s water dish, is a complex story. A young hairworm finds its way into a cricket or similar insect like a beetle or grasshopper, and once it’s grown into an adult, the parasite takes over its host’s brain to hitch a ride to the water.
As a result of the infection, crickets stop growing and reproducing. Male crickets infected by hairworms even lose their chirp, said Ben Hanelt, a biologist at the University of New Mexico who studies hairworms.
--- What is a hair worm?
A hair worm or hairworm - pick your spelling - is a nematomorph. Nematomorpha are a group of parasites. They’re long, thin worms that can grow to be several meters long inside their host.
--- Can humans be infected by hair worms?
There are reports of humans and cats and dogs being infected by hair worms, but hair worms aren’t after us or our pets because they can’t grow inside us, said Hanelt. They can only grow inside a host like a cricket or a related insect.
“What happens is that a dog, a cat, a human will ingest an adult (hair worm) somehow,” said Hanelt. “Could a cricket crawl in your sandwich before you take a bite? I don’t know. None of the studies that are out there talk about that. What they have been reported to do is to cause in many people intestinal distress.”
--- How do hair worms control crickets’ minds?
Scientists don’t understand the precise mechanism yet, but they believe that hairworms either boost chemicals in the crickets’ brains or pump chemicals into their brains.
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"Don't worry. We don't target humans." That's exactly what a hairworm WOULD say.
LOL
"But dont worry it wont control/harm humans" -- LIE !! If we lose crickets who eat other things to keep the balance in nature, YES these worms DOES HARM/AFFECT humans ! PLUS another LIE- The cricket wont be able to come out of the lake again, it WILL die in water !!! THESE videos are spread by Illuminatis, Big Pharmas to fool ppl.
1000th like!!!
@@euphoria156 u have enlightened me, thanks. i will further spread the message of this horrible illuminati videos about crickets
@@euphoria156 omg omg I fckn KNEW IT!
"But dont worry it wont control humans" Me: Yep she's infected
HAHA 😂
Confirmed!
I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Also the eerie music helps a lot to make me feel safe😊
I, for one, welcome our new hairworm overlords
Parasites are the only thing on earth I'm genuinely afraid of
They live by killing the host and this episode shows this worm can control crickets brain and this is terrific.
Humans imho. They're scarier.
What about the humans pushing to replace meat protein with crickets?
I think if you do a fast of only pumpkin seeds and water, you can flush out gut worms.
I was thinking more artemesia absynthium, or Grande Absinthe wormwood might be more effective than seeds of 🎃.
"Don't worry. They don't target humans." She isn't the one speaking. It's the worm.
KZhead recommendations need to take a seat
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Yeah
Several seats
Ikr
Lol
this was in my recommendation for weeks, Idk what is happening with youtube
Everybody gangsta till your spaghetti start groovin
cinamon banana Yee
your comment wins the internet!!!
You fricken gave me a phobia of spaghetti
😂😂😂
I love this but I don't think I can ever trust spaghetti anymore
The wire from my headphones brushed my leg and I fell out of my chair
Rip 💀
Congratulations you spotted your parasite
😂😂
Oof
This whole video is giving me chills and nausea but I can’t stop watching
Literally same
Crickets: EXISTS HAIR WORMS : ItS fREe REaL EStAte
Gwen Coco exits*
Exteban Medrano my apologies for my spelling mistake please forgive me
Exteban Medrano she meant exists it’s a meme...
No Sleep: *its free real estate*
*Existing in a 3 dimensional world
I regret watching this
Who doesn't?
Everyone regretted watching this video and now it haunts everyone
phillip .km. Same. 0_0
No u
I’m eating while watching ew.
The same thing has been documented with praying mantis in a Japanese nature show. I didn't know that the host isn't always killed! That is incredible knowing how much of the host's body it takes up when it matures. In the case that the host dies in the process of getting to a running water source, it certainly adds to the nutrients the river carries and food for the fish! A Japanese scientist described the hairworm as a connector of the forest and river. I think their life is absolutely fascinating, and would love to learn about how other parasitic creatures' lives unfold with their hosts.
Holy cow, the cricket can survive this parasite? Surprising!
This is the real zombie apocalypse
but they become human again xD
Evariste Galois congrats on 1k subs 💖
There's actually a Korean horror movie based on this animal behavior call "Deranged"
Their are quite a few creatures like this
well if you think about, we're already zombies
"Ready for more?" No, I dont think I am
Well they don't always kill the cricket, so... I guess it is still really disturbing
@@Ecotasia that makes it even worse
Backyard Expeditions usually the cricket drowns so they gonna be dead anyway.
No I'm not ready for more.
Am I the only one here with the common sense and experience not to actually watch that horror ... the name alone.. cmoon. Noobs. LOL. I love my blissful ignorance after glimpsing five comments heh . How can I prevent my 8yo stepson seeing such horror too soon?
And no one believed the surviving cricket when it said "The aliens probed me!"
actually, hairworms not only aim for crickets as their main target but also mantis, they're mostly been found on mantis here in taiwan and the mantis usually will die after the hairworm get out into the water and although they not targeting human they still will get into human body sometimes mostly by accident, like someone drinks or play in contaminate water to get it they cant survive in human body too long tho so normaly wont cause any serious problem unless they've get into some sensitive part mainly urethra, yes they could also invade your urethra in the water but mostly by accident not intended so we only got a few cases like that usually nothing need to worry about
why are you typing like this
@@user-ug7ow3gh8otbf I do the same thing and it's sometimes easier to read
Anyways I'm now even more terrified of river water
Some comments said if someone tell to not worry it means they're infected
@@user-ug7ow3gh8o the hairworm made him do it...
Me: *sees a hairworm in my dog's water bowl* *pulls out shotgun*
Safety first!
Lololol :)
No dude you need a flamethrower
Good idea
Dude just nuke the whole area
“Don’t worry they don’t target humans” We have already lost one
LOL🤣😂🤣
I don’t get it
Thank you
Me neither
@@kevenrowe2958 he's talking about the narrator lol
"And for the crickets, don't worry. they go back to being crickets just fine and hopefully, stay outta the water." 😀 what an ending
I’m fascinated, but due to how nasty this looked, I’m not hungry, physically, mind-hungry, okay, yes, but food-hungry, no, definitely not. Great video. Looking forward to more.
*sees hairworm in pet’s water bowl* *invites entire usa navy over*
Relatable
😭😭
Like I said again us boiling water bro
I invite chinese common people😎
I invite all of the russian chinese and american army
This made me VERY uncomfortable.
Mrinalini Behuria i feel them crawling all over me ugh
@@britneymai6702 I didn't know worms could crawl
okayybritney wanna hear something? there are more then a trilon mini bugs on your face
Maria Casarrubias oml not the worms, the roaches. but do worms crawl or slither ?
@@bosniantheolog3451 trillion bro trillion.
I half stepped on a "water bug" in my barn one time....I watched a 5 inch hair worm crawl out of it. ...I was absolutely freaked out! I didn't know what it was at the time.
Ewwww I would probably start throwing up
1. What's the psychological effect on the surviving crickets? 2. How do you administer CBT on crickets?
I love CBT 😁👍
@@panchote380he meant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy not co.. And balls tort..r. 💀
Why did i just watch this full video
Davine Jay why I keep seein u everywhere u stalking meh ?
Cz u watched every video on KZhead ?
iYahya :D -~-
Because narrator has a soothing voice
You can't sleep this night
Me: ties my shoe Shoes laces: gets untied Me: 👁👄👁
_uh oh_
• Mxlødy • BIG UH OH
Farn Wattana yes , big uhoh
Ruh roh raggy
**Burns shoe with flamethrower** Sorry if i burned your foot hehe.... We need a medic
So incredible, disgusting, and amazing all at once.
And I never slept again...
So my swimming pool could have these hairworms?I guess its time to bust out the *SODIUM CHLORIDE*
uh dude, that would be salt
@@Erfierazgzb0ss4u Thats what I said *Sodium Chloride*
hairworms dont infection humans, they only affect insects, and other arthropods. Nematodes however, some species are specific to humans. hairworms are nematomorpha phylum, while nematodes belong nematode phylum, they are related though,
@@thehantavirus big mcthankies from mcspankies!
Nacl
*"Don't worry, they don't target humans"* Every creature in the universe: *"PHEW"*
What
@@nutanddash8552 r/wooosh
Every creature besides humans should be worried that's the joke
@@therealghilieboiyt9949 The hordes grow and grow. If only more priests were here to banish you demons.
@@catlluminati5645 r/wooosh
Thanks Lauren for the presentation 😘😺
New fear unlocked!
Who want to join a NOPE TRAIN with me ? Edit: it’s been years and I still got notifications from this comment section what the actual fawk
One first class ticket please!
Lyrical u shall have it
quang hien ly Nice dud when this train leaving?
Lyrical when u ready mate
All aboard!
Narrator: "It wont control humans.." Narrator: .... (turns off the computer and went back to the water)
I actually laughed out loud best comment here
Yuh this was funny af sir
XD underrated
This is so good 😂😂😂😂
Fr😭
They're literally the cricket's inner demons *LITERALLY*
Satan: Can I make something? God: Sure Satan:
Satan : Ahhhh what i made
That would explain bedbugs too .. hmm..
A Diamond and Botflies
Satan : (made human)
A Talbot only God has the power to create not Satan
_the cameraman deserves an award for shrinking himself to shoot this video._
Absolute madlad
@@rrgdffgh fine I'll delete it
What? No you do know people can’t shrink themselves and also they just used a microscope idiots these days 🤦♀️
Did I get you?
R/whoosh
This is like a horror story of nature... the music is amazing. Great video.
Klaus Schwab wants you to eat these
Me:Sees hairworm in my pet's bowl Bring forth the holy hand grenade
Yes
Adrian Umali amen
Terraria
Just use boiling watwr bro
White Knight worms wmd
"Don't feel bad, most of the crickets survive the ordeal" Yes, but at what cost-
Being penetrated
Why do I keep watching like this kind of video in night
@@argusgamingyt7804 same
I did not search that
I don't think any amount of therapy could ever truly help a cricket heal with the ordeal of being violated like that.
This was exactly the video I was looking for thankyou YT, Deep Look, and Lauren 🙏 🕊️ literally found them in pet water bowl just like in vid.
I had a dream not that long ago that I pulled a really long black parasite out of my nose. It kind of looked like a hair worm, but really black. When I say it was long. It was LOOOONG. I remember I just kept on pulling and pulling and pulling. Then like any other dream it switched before I could find out what happened. It was a creepy dream
Once I had a dream in which I gouged my own eye out, boiled it and ate it with mustard. Never have been quite sure what to think of it.
Uninstall Life? [Yes] | No
[Yes] please
*click*
[Yes]click click
No, reinstall could be better 😁
Yes
“But don’t worry. They don’t target humans.” *YET*
It's just a matter of time...
@@SyntheticFuture your scientists were so preoccupied if they could, they never stopped to ask if they should.
Alright, I've given it some thought, and I'mma assemble a team and genetically engineer a variety that lives in humans.
Im not drinking water anymore
Yeetus that paraseetus
How do you go back to normal after watching this?
your channel is very interesting I watch it every day to learn and get to know species
_Narrator: But don’t worry... they don’t target humans._ _Me:_ *PRAISED BE JESUS AND MARY!*
Kz Carlz omg yess 😂😂😂
Not mary but only the savior one and only all powerful JESUS AMEN!but man im glad they dont go for humans
The worms that do target humans are larger and more gruesome than this one lol.
now and foreveeer!
Vhince Pisco Marians style 🤣
How do you go back to normal after being mind controled?
rickiex have u ever seen the matrix
because the mind controller runs away
It expires in 3 turns. EDIT: I seriously hope those 11 hundred likes were from XCOM players :3
By not being smart enough to experience trauma...so never.
Most crickets end up in therapy.
Romantic ending! Tangling mating hairworms
This is so much interesting that I didn't needed to fast forward ❤️😊
My girlfriend: That's disgusting Me: I like the music
I actually wanted to hear the full sound 😄😄
500 like
Groovy
Please, we don't have girlfriend (ToT)/~~~
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Gotta repent and be born again
Why doesn't the hair worm just ask nicely for a ride to water
exactly
Datoo ikr. Some worms just don’t have the decency.
Or they just call Uber instead.
Or like, walks there?
Why don’t the hair worm ask cricket to go to the water for them and drop them off
That was horrific, thank you,
Perfect video to watch at 2 am while eating cereal 👌
Mother Nature can you just dont?
She ain't gonna listen lol
Bruu we gotta kill this thing with fire
Can you shouldn't
@@consolemainnoob8102 we gotta like fill the pool with 12 gallons of lighter fluid.
not By tHe WaY
“In your pet’s water dish, you find this” Me: “KILL IT WITH FIRE AND CALL THE SCP FOUNDATION”
The Worst Part is there are alot of parasitic SCP's
☠️
I don't think even they can contain this. Imagine if this think got a hold of 096 or 682 (The Shy Guy and the indestructable huge lizard thing)
Well these guys are on their way.
Don't worry
I'd rather stay without having a bath but never touch that swimming pool ever.
Nature really is the most beautiful yet horrifying thing on this planet
*Cricket exists* Hair worm: I'm about to control this whole mans career
lol xd
*life
Lol sub to
@@NicoSkinnyVibes lol
Johny Boy that meme has more worms in it than that dusty box of week old donuts at the corner store.
Cricket: goes on water Hair worms: *aight imma head out*
ajujuju mono is that you
More like Iggy imma head *in*
@@hotterfan8350 4
Cricket: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-*
@@Therealjesuschristt I found you again.
This was fascinating and a whole bunch of gruesome at the same time
It's fine, I didn't plan to sleep tonight anyway.
Throw the whole water away
😂😂
No, throw the planet away.
😂🤣
Ciel Phantomhive tea☕️
@@szayelaporrogranz52 What planet?
That's far too op someone tell god to nerf those guys smh
I think the devs need to address this in the next balance update
@@rahim7986 update 2.4? Yeah they need a nerf because it makes the game not fun anymore
@@rahim7986 I hate people who main them
You just need to get gud at life
@@youravictim38 They already nerf it. Hairworm now can't target human
I never thought the term “waste no time” and a worm would be connected, ever.
What a wonderful recommendation to start my week
Her: But Don't Worry HairWorms Don't Attack Humans Me: peace was never an option
Lol true
Nuke the entire planet
Hiphop came out of that...
Scp avatar wew
Watch Deranged (2012 movie) to find out!
**Feels a hair drop on my leg** Me: **JUMPS 10 FEET IN THE AIR** HAIR WORM BEGONE!
Looooool
hairworms can obly be in water
@Livingston livi ?
LOL ME TO
Hate when that happens lol
Salute the art of " Mother Nature " ...
How do I delete rivers
Control+shift+delete
@@MisfortuneDS r/woooosh
Play Fortnite creative mode!
@@trikz6691 Control + Shift + Alt + Delete + windows + F1 + F2 + F3 + F4 + F5 + F6 + F7 + F8 + F9 + F10 + F11 + F12
How to delete water in general
This video fake, the cricket was a paid actor...
*makes cricket noises*
How😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*more cricket noises*
zayjax you know this is a joke right
What should deep look paid them (cricket ) 😂😂😂😂😂
Crickets: exist Hairworm: i just got me Rihanna
Delicious. Thanks Uncle Klaus.
Aaaaaaand, this is why my dog’s water bowl is INSIDE of our house.
you would never know if the cricket got in XD
The doggo will just throw the water bowl across the world.
Oops my hair fell into the water bowl, aah its ok * meanwhile: *hair eveolves and shrivels in pain, later turning into an organism feasting on crickets brains* *
They don’t affect pets btw
*recommended for you* thanks for the nightmares youtube
KZhead knows best. 😂
:|
Oml it 11:43 and I have this in recommend
Babywolf_ Playzz In my country, I was watching this at like 1:00 AM. :P
@@lttled9212 dam
Seriously nature has soo many mysteries.... 😲❤
I saw this video yesterday and i literally got nightmares like this was actually in my dream
The most amazing part of these animals is that they actually _fit_ inside their hosts. You see them come out and you can't help but wonder how the cricket, grasshopper, or mantis isn't just _bursting_ open from the tight squeeze. It all looks impossible, and I think that's what freaks people out the most.
maybe they did burst think about it a little more cause they make them go to water then they come out or burst out who knows
”you're going to make me burst open with your tight squeeze” - cricket, probably
@@LilWeed69 Enough internet for a lifetime. I am now going to jump into a pool of water
@@CeilinggangAditya congratulations!
@@CeilinggangAditya remember to check your behind
Never have i thought I would feel sorry for a cricket
Don't be, they survive okay if they don't drown.
Well, if you think about it, the cricket did eat the mayfly and the mayfly larva did eat the larvae of the hair worm. It’s like a karma chain😂
I clicked on the video. Paused it before it even started. Took a look at the comments. "Yep, that's what i thought" Clicked out.
WOW the whole ordeal seems just impossible to plan, it's a jaw dropper for sure.
Me : "watches video" Also me : mom whats for dinner? Mom : Spageti... Me : NOPE
Luka Lekic Hahahhahahah😂😂😂😂😂
I just had spagheti before watching this video
I didn't realize I was eating spaghetti while watching this until I saw your comment 🤣
😂🤣
I am never eating spaghetti again.
"If they don't drown, most of them survive their ordeal. They go back to being crickets!" Cricket: "Some days, I wake up, and I can still feel it inside of me, eating at me, making my body its own while I drift.. Powerless."
Ahhh ST fan I see, I’m waiting for season 4 🥹, yall the quote is from Stranger Things. Will said it in Season 3. Which is why I said brought up the Tv show.
@@plmdea what is ST
@@zarianblake1414 stranger things?
@@abnormallylargemonkey9334 yessss
Do you think insects get PTSD?
Whenever you see the cricket without the hair worm happy music plays
The world insects live in is an unimaginable hellscape
Hairworm's don't affect humans, now if you'll excuse me i have this uncontrolled urge to jumb back to the pool
*i'm never ever getting in oceans rivers water ever again*
@Hello Kun *yep*
WE LOST ANOTHER
Watch Deranged (2012 movie) to find out!
@@infiternity6586 yup I was thinking the movie the whole time while watching this video
"ready for more??" no i've had enough
Nice miat
These hairworms just infected all my nightmares
i literally read it, and she said it at the same time
miata350 HAHAH IM DYING
My body shook up watching this😱
Incredible complex kind of life!
Recent searches: *HOW TO BURN WATER*
VSL Gaming Mate what are you searching?! You gotta electrify the water. TAZE those MFs.
Yeeeeeees
Actually : How to talk to a giraffe.
oh yeah yeah
Just spill acid
*Mother nature i think we need to talk.*
No comments?
Yeah you are right
Why is gid making nature like this?
gatcha fox! You know its the devil , not god right?
Right
That was so incredibly vile
Will they come out,when it rains?
No need to panic hairworm and cricket was paid actor
How can they pay a cricket? It can't even understand logic
@@xEriklink don't worry, it's just an actor. That's why.
Erik Cervantes oof thats a harsh one.. r/wooosh
@@xEriklink you must be fun at parties
real party people go to r/pyrocynical👏🏻👏🏻
"DoNt WorRY TheY DoNt TarGEt HuMAns" *PHEWWW, I was going to act like I have waterphobia*
Ric Flair hahaha
Facts
*Aquaphobia
Hydrophobia*
*Aerophobia, ahem
3:06 WHERE DOES THE CRICKET FIT THAT LONG WORM???
I love peppermint ❤thyme basil sage parsley rosemary all the antiworm ingredients.
That's just plain nasty
this gives me shivers
I read that in Cleveland's voice
I am the 666. liker Omg
666 likes :x
I was going to like this but then saw the amount of likes was already perfect
I’ve been holding out on this video for a long time....now it’s time to man up and watch it.
Dolfan 2 well......it was informative indeed.
Watching during quarantine :)))) quite exciting
You sure you aren't controlled by another hairworm? We can't afford to lose you too!
brsve soul i believe in you
Wella IT us juste a warm