Real-life aliens extremely efficient at turning their hosts into new parasites Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 - The way parasitoid wasps feed may be gruesome, but it is an extremely efficient way to exploit prey, University of Exeter research has found. The wasps lay their eggs inside other animals and once the larvae hatches it starts feeding on the still living host from inside - as portrayed in the movie Alien. This is an unpleasant way for the attacked animal to die but it is a clever way for the wasp ... more

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