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| Stalk growing from dead ant's head |
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is a fungus that infects ants, hijacks the body, and uses it to find an ideal spot to spread spores. The parasite fungus can infect and kill off entire colonies of ant.
Ants have adapted though. When they see a friend behaving strangely or staggering, they avoid an ant zombie apocalypse by carrying the infected one away from the colony.
Pretty wicked, huh?
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Creepy.
Those things freak me out man.
Nightmares tonight methinks.
And all this time people made fun of me for telling them that the zombie apocalypse is upon us lol
That is messed up.
i read an awesome story about this fungus attacking humans. paranormal, but still good, makes me a little afraid of this stuff.
That's badass. :o Wonder if that could be done to a human... *queue eerie music*
That's insane!!
ah, i was just watching a video on this. makes you wonder, could this cross over to humans?
They just need teeny shotguns.
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