Amber snails, Succinea, are often hosts to a parasitic flatworm called Leucochloridium paradoxum. The flatworm takes control of the motor neurons in snail’s eye stalks to create these pulsating patterns. . The patterns of the “zombie snail” mimic a caterpillar, in a bid to attract hungry birds flying by. All in the hopes that a bird will snatch up the eye-catching snack and provide the flatworm with a cozy intestinal tract where it can reproduce. . Incredibly, the host snails can survive this or