Workshop: Spring Detox – Mind Kontrol
ZOMBIE PARASITES There are many types of fungi , micro-organisms and worms in the natural world whose whole purpose in life is to take over the minds of small creatures such as mice, ants, snails and spiders. Parasites will infect the cells of these creatures and get them to perform all the hard work of getting food. A particular parasite that affects snails is said to be one of the most successful of parasites because it gets into the brains of small rodents, who then give themselves up to cats to be eaten – where they reproduce in the stomach of cats. Pollutants & Parasites These clever parasites are able to inject into the nuclei of cells that confuse their function within the immune system, making these cells act like a Trojan Horse, allowing freeloading parasites to travel quickly around the body and set up residence. They can stay in the stomach, the kidneys, liver, gut or set themselves up in a litttle sac called a cyst or tumour. When the parasite gets into the nerv...