102.3 Blake FM » zombie fungi http://1023blakefm.com Plays New Country Sat, 25 May 2013 16:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Zombie Ants In The Brazilian Rain Forest http://1023blakefm.com/zombie-ants-in-the-brazilian-rain-forest/ http://1023blakefm.com/zombie-ants-in-the-brazilian-rain-forest/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:00:57 +0000 Dave Diamond http://lonestar1023.com/?p=2106 You may be thinking, "Zombie ants? Dave, have you gone totally around the bend this time?" But it's true! Researchers have discovered four species of  fungi that turn ants into mindless drones, then use their host bodies for food.

And you thought Zombies only existed in strange movies. Creepy, isn't it?

You can read the whole article from Wired here.

I can picture the script writers concoctin

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