Parasitology: Parasite survives predation on its host

@article{Ponton2006ParasitologyPS,
  title={Parasitology: Parasite survives predation on its host},
  author={Fleur Ponton and Camille Lebarbenchon and Thierry Lef{\`e}vre and David G. Biron and David F. Duneau and David P Hughes and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Thomas},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2006},
  volume={440},
  pages={756-756}
}
As prisoners in their living habitat, parasites should be vulnerable to destruction by the predators of their hosts. But we show here that the parasitic gordian worm Paragordius tricuspidatus is able to escape not only from its insect host after ingestion by a fish or frog but also from the digestive tract of the predator. This remarkable tactic enables the worm to continue its life cycle. 
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