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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}} | {{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}} | ||
Parasect may be based on a {{wp|hermit crab}} with a {{wp|mushroom}} for a shell. It also | Parasect may be based on a {{wp|hermit crab}} with a {{wp|mushroom}} for a shell. It also resembles a {{wp|cicada}} {{wp|Nymph (biology)|nymph}}. The fungus on its back is referred as the [[tochukaso]], which is also the Japanese name of a real organism, the {{wp|Ophiocordyceps sinensis}}, an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its {{wp|insect}} host. | ||
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