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Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work
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Ive heard of this fungus before, but this is a neat article on it.

Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work






The Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus infects Camponotus leonardi ants that live in tropical rainforest trees. Once infected, the spore-possessed ant will climb down from its normal habitat and bite down, with what the authors call a "death grip" on a leaf and then die. But the story doesn’t end there.

"The death grip occurred in very precise locations," the authors write. All of the C. leonardi ants studied in Thailand’s Khao Chong Wildlife Sanctuary had chomped down on the underside of a leaf, and 98 percent had landed on a vein. Most had: a) found their way to the north side of the plant, b) chomped on a leaf about 25 centimeters above the ground, c) selected a leaf in an environment with 94 to 95 percent humidity and d) ended up in a location with temperatures between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. The researchers called this specificity "remarkable."


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Re: Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work [Re: ThirdEyeOpening]
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That's fucking awesome.


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Re: Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work [Re: Morgenstern]
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That *is* totally awesome.  The natural world is amazing.  I will be interested to see what research turns up about how this is accomplished.

There is an old sci-fi book called "The Long Afternoon of Earth".  In this book a humanoid descendent of homo sapiens is 'infected' with a 'morel', which also compels him to do things.  Book was written in the 50s.

Fungus, more than meets the eye.

Mind blowing discovery, wow.

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Re: Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work [Re: UpSwell]
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If nature can do it, then eventually it may be possible to manufacture this. I hope I don't get infected.


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Re: Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work [Re: SubGen1us]
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Now that made me shit myself.


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Re: Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work [Re: SubGen1us]
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SubGen1us said:
There's thousands of different types of cordyceps fungi. It's really nothing new but it's always cool to see. Each different type of fungus attacks a single type of insect. It mind blowing really.




Wow. :eek:

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