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Scientists discover "zombie ants" in Brazil
A zombie ant infected with the parasitic fungus bites the neck of one of its dead fellows, mistaking it for a leaf vein.
‘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...
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