16 reactions | They might not have legs, but tiny #nematode worms can dance. Researchers studied how they combine different types of sensory information and move around their environment. Read the story here: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/articles/z0508_00066.html Video by Moon Sun Jang #CElegans #SensoryIntegration #UTokyoResearch Research published in PNAS | The University of Tokyo / UTokyo | Facebook

"Some parasitic nematodes eat insects and when the food runs out they eat their own parents! The nematodes carry bacteria that kill insects so effectively the nematodes are used in biological control to protect crops." - Jimmy Bernot, National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History #ParasiteWeek2021 | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History