FUNGUS TURNS ANTS INTO ZOMBIES. “Infected ants drop down from canopy nests and climb up again in understory vegetation to bite into leaf veins before dying. This death grip is timed around solar noon and occurs at approximately 25 cm above the soil surface. This position is optimal for fungal sporulation, where the fungal fruiting body grows from the ant’s brain and releases its spores.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022