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Matt Simon

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Matt Simon


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Matt Simon is a journalist who writes Wired Science's 'Absurd Creature of the Week' column. He has also edited Wired's 'This Day in Tech blog', which was compiled into the book Mad Science, and writes a second column called 'Fantastically Wrong' that explores the strangest mistakes in folklore and science. He lives in San Francisco. ...more

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“The pearlfish swims up a sea cucumber's anus, makes itslef comfortable, and eats its host's gonads.”
― Matt Simon, The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems
tags: anus, fish, host
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