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Hyperparasite
- peanut_worm 4y agoParasitoid Wasps are an interesting animal. My favorite are Tarantula Hawks. We have a species in Florida despite not having Tarantulas.
- thecolorblue 4y agoThe parasite of my parasite is my friend.
- RappingBoomer 4y agothese times are especially appropriate for discussion of parasites
- melenaos 4y agoInparaseption
- mananaysiempre 4y agoThe observation is slightly older than Nolan: So, Nat'ralists observe, a Flea Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey, And these have smaller yet to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum. Swift, “On Poetry” (1733), https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Rev._Jonathan_Swift/Volume_8/On_Poetry,_a_Rhapsody https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Rev._Jonatha...
- mitchbob 4y agoIt's parasites all the way down.
- speedylight 4y agoTrickledown Paranomics.
- globalreset 4y agoI have finally found a good term for the management in a big tech corporation! Thank you!
- _8j50 4y agoYou mean middle-management?
- dannykwells 4y agoThis is what I come here for. Thank you.
- aaron695 4y ago
- ffhhj 4y agoYou mean Metaparasite, right?
- akomtu 4y agometastasis
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- skellyclock 4y agoCool definition of parasite on the wiki "The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one""
- downboots 4y agoEOW has good writings and that is a creative definition. But "units" may be a stretch. It's not like there's a health bar and enough parasites deplete it. Limited language.
- nautilius 4y agoThat's us!
- donio 4y agoThat doesn't seem to cover parasites that subsist on the food consumed by the host rather than the host itself. Tapeworms for example.
- _8j50 4y agoI always thought it meant the predator depends on a specific host for its survival which is also its prey. Else, are humans hyperparasaites because we eat and domesticate other predators?
- zzo38computer 4y agoThat is what I thought, too, although it is not that simple; for one thing, what you will define as "one unit" also is not that simple. (I suppose, due to this, "hyperparasite" is even less going to be clearly defined than this.) Another comment says "parasites that subsist on the food consumed by the host rather than the host itself". That is also seems to be a good point too; how to handle that consideration, too?
- kalimanzaro 4y agoIf your unit is "Soul", like in the airline or Buddhist industry(0), things might simplify, though it still kills Wilsons intention, for all social predators, including humans, are become parasites.. To your second consideration, some and perhaps all souls practise autophagy (via computation) (0)"The practice of spreading the whale out among many people is based in the Buddhist principle that it's better to sacrifice a single soul to feed many than to kill many animals to feed one person." (0)http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2010/03/a_taste_of_whale.php http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2010/03/a_taste_of_whale.php
- bobonebobtwo12 4y agothe article seems mean
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- leeoniya 4y agoso Meta
- flobosg 4y agoThe concept extends to viruses as well, with some small viruses infecting other, larger ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virophage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virophage
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- nvr219 4y agoPeople scamming crypto people.
- InsaneOstrich 4y agothanks, I needed a good chuckle today
- nvr219 4y agoYou're welcome
- beefman 4y agoSo, Nat'ralists observe, a Flea Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey, And these have smaller yet to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonaptera_(poem) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonaptera_(poem)
- deltasevennine 4y agoWhat would you call two parasites parasiting each other? Or a parasite parasiting himself? Also does this exist? I do know snakes occasionally eat themselves. There are pics of this online.
- gxt 4y agoThe Clergy