<p><a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/life/Faculty/Libersat/pdf/JCP.2003.pdf" title=""></a></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/14687/Ampulex_20emerging-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/14687/Ampulex_20emerging-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/14687/Ampulex_20emerging-s.jpg" title="Ampulex%20emerging.jpg" loading="lazy" data-id="14687"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p>The Discovery Channel picked up my cockroach zombie story and interviewed <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/life/Faculty/Libersat/index.htm" title="">Dr. Fred Liebersat</a> on his research. They included some cool footage of the roach and its sinister wasp brain surgeon. To watch, go to their <a href="http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/7/2006" title="">archives </a> and scroll to "Roach-o-rama." Unfortunately, there's no footage of young wasps poking their heads out of their cockroach hosts, but perhaps that was too hard to catch. Or maybe just too disturbing...</p>

Explore the eerie cockroach zombie story featuring Dr. Fred Liebersat's chilling research and incredible roach-o-rama footage.

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The Discovery Channel picked up my cockroach zombie story and interviewed Dr. Fred Liebersat on his research. They included some cool footage of the roach and its sinister wasp brain surgeon. To watch, go to their archives and scroll to "Roach-o-rama." Unfortunately, there's no footage of young wasps poking their heads out of their cockroach hosts, but perhaps that was too hard to catch. Or maybe just too disturbing...

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