Infected ants live much longer
ANI
28 May 2021, 13:37 GMT+10
Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens, according to a study led by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
While earlier research has mostly looked into factors such as fear, perceived risk, age and political views to determine what makes individuals and societies more or less willing to drastically change their lifestyle and support government-imposed strict restrictions, in order to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, psychologists at the University of Zurich Charlotte Kukowski, Katharina Bernecker and Veronika Brandstatter took a different perspective.
Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens, according to a study led by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
Birta – Iceland’s fourth largest pension fund
Birta has appointed
Hrönn Jónsdóttir, and
Hjörleifsdóttir
, along with Jónsdóttir and board members Örvar Þór Kristjánsson and Hilmar Harðarson, comprise the four employee representatives on its board, Birta announced following its annual meeting, with Kristjánsson coming in as a new member, replacing Jón Kjartan Kristinsson.
Magnússon
, along with board members
Þóra Eggertsdóttir, Álfheiður Ágústsdóttir and Sigurður Ragnarsson, constitute the employer representatives on board, Birta said, with Ágústsdóttir and Ragnarsson being new to the board, replacing Guðrún Jónsdóttir and Davíð Hafsteinsson, who – along with Kristinsson – are now leaving the Birta board.
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Former Pfizer VP Dr. Michael Yeadon: Severe Adverse Reactions And Mass Death From mRNA COVID Vaccines Virtually Guaranteed Doctors for COVID-19 Ethics a group of over 160 independent medical experts worldwide have issued a stern warning to public health agencies about the experimental COVID-19 vaccines, slamming the jabs as unnecessary, ineffective and unsafe and likely to lead to foreseeable mass deaths, according to a report by Lifesitenews.
Doctors for COVID-19 Ethics, a group co-founded by former Pfizer vice president Michael Yeadon, counts more than 160 medical experts from around the world among its signatories. Other founding members include Prof. Sucharit Bhakdi MD, former chair of the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany and Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, former head of the health committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Temnothorax ants infected with Anomotaenia brevis stay younger and healthier
They emit pheromones like an ant queen, calling on broodmates to coddle them
Uninfected ants groom and feed them, and even carry them around
The infected ant is so lazy it doesn t flee when a woodpecker comes for a meal
The woodpecker eats the ant and the parasite lays its eggs in the birds gut, continuing the cycle