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Published online 9 July 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020708-3
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Worm turns fish antisocial
Parasite makes host easy prey.
Parasites can make their fish hosts unpopular and reckless, researchers have found. This might make the host more likely to be eaten by a bird, the next host species in the parasite's life cycle.
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