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“Zombie” ants fall victim to mind-control fungus

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“Zombie” ants fall victim to mind-control fungus

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'Zombie ants' may sound like the title of an Ed Wood movie, but, according to National Geographic, they are quite real.

Oddly, there's nothing very zombie-like about the actual ants. It's only when a particular fungus takes over the ant's brain that things get weird.

Once the "stalk of the newfound fungus species Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani infects an ant, the ant gives up control over its own body. After the fungus is in control, it forces the ant to scamper toward "a location ideal for the fungi to grow and spread their spores." Then, it's lights out for the ant. Who knew a fungus could be so diabolical?

These wild discoveries were made by a group in Brazil headed by entomologist David Hughes. National Geographic published a series of pictures of ants that have "lost their minds" to the fungus. You can check out a sample of them below. Not for the squeamish.

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Yahoo news

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110...-control-fungus

WOW thats friggen crazy!

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yea ive heard of this its funny but theres also one where their heads fall off and the walk around for 2 weeks

WTF? This is ridiculous. Haha

Awesome.

Coming to a pandemic near you soon! :D

Gross...

Also, poor things. :D

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This video FREAKS me out

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8

did I mention that it FREAKS ME OUT?!

great find on the vid! :D

and wow

Thank god fungi can't do that to us. :dancingpontiac:

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.

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Thank god fungi can't do that to us. :D

Not so fast there buddy, Al Gore the publicity whore just held a news conference on global warming and it's affect on some fvcked up global spores turning people into the crazies.

Not so fast there buddy, Al Gore the publicity whore just held a news conference on global warming and it's affect on some fvcked up global spores turning people into the crazies.

Those aren't spores, that's called Politics!

Those aren't spores, that's called Politics!

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reminds me of:

:D :D :lol2: :lol2:

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