June 21st, 2022 at 8:02PM
aviculor: ““ You think you have problems? Imagine that you have to live with a chicken-sized, blood-sucking parasite attached to your head. This poor Miniopterus bat that we caught during the biodiversity survey of Gorongosa National Park has to...

aviculor:

You think you have problems? Imagine that you have to live with a chicken-sized, blood-sucking parasite attached to your head. This poor Miniopterus bat that we caught during the biodiversity survey of Gorongosa National Park has to endure living with a wingless fly Penicillidia, which never leaves its body and loves to hang out on the top of its head.

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    Rude bug
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628 notes #i don’t have to imagine I already live like this#i had to read this a few times bc the parasite is obv not the size of a chicken but I think they mean relative to its body size
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