Parasites in fiction
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title:
Parasites in fiction
text:
Parasites appear frequently in biology-inspired fiction from ancient times onwards, with a flowering in the nineteenth century. These include intentionally disgusting alien monsters in science fiction films, often with analogues in nature. Authors and scriptwriters have, to some extent, exploited parasite biology: lifestyles including parasitoid, behaviour-altering parasite, brood parasite, parasitic castrator, and many forms of vampire are found in books and films. Some fictional parasites, lik
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Science in fiction
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasites_in_fiction
date created:
2018-06-15T12:24:59Z
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2024-09-01T20:48:17Z
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