Wasp uses venom cocktail to manipulate the behavior of its cockroach prey.
The sting of the parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa is unusual, as it induces a transient paralysis of the front legs followed by grooming behavior and then by a long-term hypokinesia of its cockroach prey. Because the wasp's goal is to provide a living meal for its newborn larva, the behavioral changes in the prey are brought about by manipulating the host behavior in a way beneficial to the wasp and its offspring. To this end, the wasp injects its venom cocktail with two consecutive stings directly into the host's central nervous system. The first sting in the thorax causes a transient front leg paralysis lasting a few minutes. This paralysis is due to the presence of aThey have just signed former NRL star Fuifui Moimoi and announced a landmark broadcast television deal that will see them promoted across the UK and that is just the beginning of Toronto Wolfpack's ambitious plan to take the rugby league world by storm.

Canada's first professional rugby league team will start their inaugural season in the UK's third division in 2017, but they don't plan on being down there long.

For the Wolfpack's CEO Eric Perez, it is the culmination of a journey he started in 2010 when he quit his job in advertising with a hair brain view to bring rugby league to Canada.

The recent announcement of a broadcast deal, new kit sponsor and signing of Moimoi is just phase one of his bold plan to revolutionise the world