Geez, this is like a horror movie. I never even knew these zombie ants existed. I spoilered the photo in case some people finds this disturbing, like I did.
CLIMATE CHANGE MADE ZOMBIE ANTS EVEN MORE CUNNING
https://www.wired.com/story/climate-...-more-cunning/
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A parasitic fungus, known as Ophiocordyceps, invades an ant’s body, growing through its tissues and soaking up nutrients. Then it somehow orders its host to march out of the nest and up a tree above the colony’s trails. The fungus commands the ant to bite onto the vein of a leaf, then kills the thing and grows as a stalk out of the back of its head, turning it into a showerhead raining spores onto victims down below.
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