Mark Fisher

Downloading and Web 2.0 have famously led to new ways of accessing culture. But these have tended to be parasitic on old media. The law of Web 2.0 is that everything comes back, whether it be adverts, public information films or long-forgotten TV serials: history happens first as tragedy, then as YouTube.

British Writer

Nargis Fakhri

I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.

American Actress

Murray Rothbard

The State provides a legal, orderly, systematic channel for the predation of private property; it renders certain, secure, and relatively 'peaceful' the lifeline of the parasitic caste in society.

American Economist

Charles Darwin

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.

English Scientist

Bob Corker

It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

American Politician

Elijah Wood

If you're innocent, you have very little knowledge of the world, and you want to succeed. People with parasitic interests will see you as their prey.

American Actor

Elaine Chao

Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation.

Mark Pellegrino

We kind of have an ingrained, parasitic society. We kind of think it's okay to eat your neighbor.

William S. Burroughs

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.

American Writer

Harry S Truman

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

American President

Understand that 'parasitic' implies harm to the host organism in science.

Negative Impact

'Parasitic' differs from symbiotic, where both organisms benefit. Parasites only benefit themselves.

No Mutual Benefit

Used mostly in biology, 'parasitic' can describe varied organisms, including bacteria and plants.

Biology Context

'Parasitic' is negative when describing people or behavior; it suggests selfishness or exploitation.

Negative Connotation

'Parasitic' implies an excessive, unhealthy reliance on something or someone for support.

Dependence

Calling someone 'parasitic' can be very insulting; it's a harsh judgment of character.

Cultural Judgment

In electronics, 'parasitic' describes unwanted properties or effects that hinder performance.

Electronic Jargon

'Parasitic' issues can be elusive, often requiring expert knowledge to identify and correct.

Troubleshooting

The term is technical and might not be understood outside of technical contexts like engineering.

Technical Usage

 thinking that it's a smaller fish they find themselves in a world of hurt because the cookie cutter shark then turns around suctions its lips and its top teeth to their body and then it spins its body ejecting a perfectly cylindrical plug of flesh the cookie cutter sharp is the only parasitic shark in the entire

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 which are excellent nesting locations for a variety of birds. And despite their parasitic relationship with trees, mistletoes can also help other plants. For instance, juniper sprouts near mistletoe to benefit from the visiting berry-eating birds.

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 it's thought the drugs released by the fungus into the cicada's brain make it more energetic in finding a mate thus maximizing spore dispersal for the parasitic massospora with over 400 species of cordyceps type fungi spread across the world

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 Is it maybe protecting its siblings? This caterpillar was attacked by a parasitic wasp which laid eggs inside it. The eggs hatched and the young wasps devoured the caterpillar alive before bursting out of its body. See what I mean?

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 the thing about matt is he's not a bug specialist he studies fungi and two of my students who were really enthusiastic about cicadas said hey did you know that there's a parasitic fungus that is specific to periodical cicadas

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 face whirling beetles parasitic cone beetles what is a parasitic own little this thing that's quite cool look at that that's really impressive look at the antennae on that I've never seen anything like that in my entire life

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 It's a parasitic brain worm that has to get into the stomach of a sheep or a cow in order to continue its life cycle. Salmon swim upstream to get to their spawning grounds, and lancet flukes commandeer a passing ant,

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 womb has protected them but now they no longer need it to complete the next stage of their lifecycle they must break out the caterpillars thick skin should be a solid barrier to the parasitic wasp larvae but as their

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 are in fact parasitic while others are commensal posing no threat to the turtle crabs barnacles shrimp oysters algae and other life-forms have all been seen on the Turtles

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 And the reason for this, the entire purpose of the protection is to prevent this. This is a hyperparasitoid wasp injecting its egg into the parasitic wasp