The snail was trying to express itself on the leaves, its eyes kept wriggling, it was so obvious to the birds, and the next second the snail "got its wish" became the meal on the plate.
How does personality come about? Of course, some are innate, and we are also influenced by the environment in which we live and the people around us.
Snails are timid animals, however, without timidity, snails cannot survive. The natural predators of snails are birds, and snails do not escape quickly. The only way to protect yourself from birds from the sky is to always hide behind the leaves and retreat into their shells if they feel threatened.
One by one, the snails that venture on the foliage become prey to the birds, while the timid snails hide behind the foliage to survive. In this way, the snail evolves into a cowardly creature.
The snail has changed a lot. Snails live in shady and damp places, but they love the sun and will migrate to sunny leaves in search of light.
Snails are originally as timid as other snails. However, one day, its character suddenly changed. On closer inspection, the snail has changed not only in character, but also in appearance. The tips of its eyes were abnormally swollen, and strange lines were moving.
When its personality changes, its eyes may change, but this change is unusual. The moving eye pattern is a strange movement that makes it look like a caterpillar is moving.
A snail appears on a leaf and actively moves its eye pattern. It's as if you're summoning something, like summoning UFOs.
However, because it was too conspicuous, it was soon spotted by the birds. First of all, the reason why snails live quietly behind inconspicuous leaves is to avoid being attacked by natural predators such as birds. Being in such a conspicuous place is like being the prey of a bird.
Sure enough, the snail on the leaf was spotted by the bird. And as soon as it was discovered, it was pecked by the beak of a flying bird. If it doesn't appear on the leaves, it won't die and will live longer. Perhaps those eagerly rolling eyes are like caterpillars, birds' favorite food. I can't help but feel sorry for the cautious snail accidentally climbing onto the leaves.
In fact, the inexplicable behavior of snails is all contrived. Oddly enough, these eyes are strange. Maybe he's been manipulated by someone.
That's right, snails are actually infected with parasites. The pattern that moves in the snail's eye is a parasite that invades the snail's eye.
This parasite is not content to just live in the snail's body, it also manipulates the snail's behavior.
This parasite is originally a worm that parasitizes birds.
However, if the parasite stays in the body of the same bird all the time, it will not be able to reproduce. Even if it lays eggs to breed, if the bird ends up dying, the whole family will die. In order for the parasite to survive, it must infect other birds one by one.
The strategy of this parasite is very good.
The parasite eggs placed inside the bird are excreted from the bird's body along with the droppings. It then invades the body of the snail that eats the feces.
However, this alone does not mean that the task is complete.
The parasites inside the snail must then enter the bird's body.
Thus, the snail's behavior is manipulated to move it to a sunny location. It then moves to the tip of its eyes, acting as if a caterpillar, a bird's favorite food, is moving.
The snail shakes its horns vigorously, perhaps to drive away the parasites moving in its eyes. This makes the caterpillar-like eyes more prominent, attracting hungry birds.
The parasite then causes the bird to eat the snail and successfully penetrate the bird's body.
In exchange for the life of a poor snail, of course.
The scary thing is that the parasite not only parasitizes the snail and obtains nutrients, but also controls the snail's behavior.
Maybe the snail doesn't think it's in control. For some reason, I suddenly missed the sun, and for some reason, I suddenly became active and couldn't stand steadily. And, believing that it was his own will, he climbed onto the leaves.
It is not uncommon for parasites to control the behavior of their parasitic partners.
For example, a praying mantis parasitized by a nematode approaches the water's edge and tries to enter the water. This is how nematodes lay eggs in the water against praying mantises.
It's not just parasites. When a mushroom called aritake enters the ant's body, the aritake moves the ant to a suitable position to release the spores, which are then used to their full potential. After that, the useless ant becomes the prey of the anritake, and the mycelium of the mushroom is spread all over the body, absorbing nutrients, and then the ant dies.
The infection is terrible. Even their actions can be easily manipulated.