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May 09

The zombie ants are saved.

A curious investigation last year showed  the existence in Brasil of four fungus species from the Ophiocordyceps genus. These fungi inject the ant’s brain to cancel out their will like zombies. Before doing that, the fungi send the insects to their own death in a common grave, where spores make  an “eruption” and reproduce. Now the salvation for …

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