'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years

[lilitu93]

Earliest evidence of fungus that takes over ants' behaviour for its own ends found by scientists

The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists.

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[dunsparce]

[blasphemusfish]

heeeehh awesome.

[jovianmelody]

my thoughts exactly D: paras whyyy

[lilitu93]

More proof that Pokemon is just really really weird and warped if you think about it too closely.

[scythemantis]

Best part: the insect half of paras is a cicada nymph. Real strains of cordyceps attack cicadas at the nymph stage as well, and kill them before they can ever take on a winged form...which Paras never does, either.

[harliquinnraver]

youve put a frightening amount of thought into this! XD