PRETTY GREAT

Summary from the TLDR newsletter

_Temnothorax nylanderi_ ants that contract _Anomotaenia brevis_ tapeworms end up living up to over three times longer than their peers. Uninfected ants end up pampering the infected ants' and do their chores for them. The infected ants barely have to leave their nests. The tapeworms appear to pump antioxidants and other proteins into their hosts. Their goal is to eventually be eaten by a bird, so that might be why they keep infected ants young and plump.