Editing 2011-08-08

{{comic
	| number    = 2331
	| date      = August 8, 2011
	| title     = 2011-08-08
	| image     = 20110808.gif
	| votey     = 20110808after.gif
	| titletext = 2011-08-08
}}
==Explanation==
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==Transcript==
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:The trematode infects a horn snail, castrates it, and uses its body to reproduce.
:There, it releases cerceriae, which attach to killifish and burrow towards their brains.
:One on the brain, they cause the fish to shimmy and flash their shiny sides upward
:"Why you doin that, Frank?"
:"Because it's *awesome*."
:This gets the parasite into its ultimate goal: the gut of a predatory bird.
:"What are the odds?!"
:From there, they are excreted back into the water to infect snails.
:"*Hahahahaha*! Everything is as I forsaw it!”
:What happens to the killifish isn't strange in nature.  In fact, it may be common 
:Since humans are atop their food chain, it's not clear that we're subject to the same sort of manipulations.  Though.... Sometimes I wonder about astrophysicists.
:"These send signals to space so aliens can find us!"
:"*Awesome*!"

==Votey Transcript==
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:Fun fact: Today's comic features the organism studied by my wife, Kelly Weinersmith. Due to the existence of this comic, any discoveries she makes are now credited to me.
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