Parasites Cause Irish Shrimp to Eat Their Young
Gammarus duebeni celticus, a species of shrimp native to Northern Ireland, has been found to display severe, cannibalistic tendencies when infected with the parasite Pleistophora mulleri. After the parasite is introduced, it makes its home inside the shrimp’s muscles (just one is about the size of a red blood cell), where it can easily multiply…
