Zombie Makersnature’s zombie makers—parasites that take over the host’s brain•Cordyceps•Guinea worm•Jewel wasp•Green-banded broodsac

(image source: Goodreads)

All of the videos in this presentation, in addition to a few others, are referenced in the back matter of the book

Zombie Makers by Rebecca L. Johnson.

This presentation was created by Leigh Collazo to accompany the Using Picture Books with Older Students series. The full

series is available at www.readerpants.net.

Please feel free to use or modify as needed.

Disclaimers:

The victim…• Bullet ant• South & Central

America• Very painful sting

for humans!

Image source: Wikipedia

The parasite: Cordyceps…

The victim: mammals, including humans

The parasite:the guinea worm…

Warning—this video can be a bit gross. It’s not too bad,

but you do not have to watch.

The guinea worm…

The victim: American cockroach

The jewel wasp…

The victim: amber snail

Green-banded broodsac…

The victim: giant gliding ant

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/01/ants-vid.shtml Link to downloadable video:

Myrmeconema neotropicum (roundworm)

Video direct links:

Cordyceps (slides 3-4)Guinea worm (slides 5-7)Jewel wasp (slides 8-9)Green-banded broodsac (slides 10-11)Myrmeconema neotropicum (slide 12)

Images Courtesy:Slide 3: By © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7809995

Slide 5: By Paulmaz at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=143283

Slide 8: By Gary Alpert - http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes_american_cockroach.shtml, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2236403

Slide 10: By Charlesjsharp - Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37058445

Slide 12: http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/wp-content/blogs.dir/435/files/2012/04/i-c9f9cbac88f5587a9069e48f7230ad57-giant-gliding-ant-nematodes-thumb-500x255-52539.jpg