Access

News and Views

Nature 406, 840 (24 August 2000) | doi:10.1038/35022691

Behavioural ecology: Eat me!

John Whitfield

The parasitic fluke Microphallus piriformes has a problem. To complete its life cycle it needs to travel between two hosts: the rough periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis, pictured, a seashore mollusc) and the herring gull.