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Ants infected with the lancet liver fluke, a tiny parasitic flatworm, hijack their host's brain.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences have discovered that the parasite's ability to control the ant is even more cunning than previously believed.
Temperature determines when the parasite will take over an ant's brain, scientists say.
The liver flukes find their way through the bile ducts into the liver, where they suck blood and develop into adult flukes.
Adult flukes lay eggs, which are then excreted via the host animal's feces.
The eggs develop into larval flukes that reproduce asexually and multiply into several thousand .
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