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What's the wildest example of nature's dark side you've ever heard of?
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https://homebasejack.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/zombies-are-real-youve-seen-them/
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CW: Fungi creating zombie ants..!
#funfact | Some fungi create #zombie ants. Yes, you read that right: zombie #ants! The fungus responsible is the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, found deep in the #Amazon rainforest. This sinister #parasite infects the carpenter ant, growing through its body before eventually taking over its brain. It then compels the poor, hijacked #insect to leave its nest and climb to a nearby #plant – which just so happens to be in the perfect environmental conditions for fungus #growth.
Here, over a number of days, it consumes the ant’s innards and sends a long #stalk through its head, growing into a capsule of #spores. These rain down on other unsuspecting victims, continuing the grim #cycle.
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