Khan: "Allow me to introduce you to Ceti Alpha V's only remaining *indigenous*
lifeform. What do you think? It killed twenty of my people...including my
beloved wife. Oh, not all at once. And not instantly to be sure. You see,
their young enter through the ears, and wrap themselves around the cerebral
cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to
suggestion. Later, as they grow, follows madness...and death."
-- "STII:TWOK", Stardate 8130.4