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It has been found hat there are, in fact, 4 species of fungi which exhibit this kind of behaviour. My friends, methinks the end is nigh.
(via National Geographic)
Friday, March 4, 2011
Mind-Control Fungus
It sounds unbelievable, but in the Brazilian rain forest there is a kind of fungus, that infests ants and effectively takes over their brain. You can see it in the picture, growing out of the ant's head. It literally takes control of the ant's body and basically uses it as a mode of transport to a location that is to its liking. There it will kill the ant and live a happy fungus life.
It has been found hat there are, in fact, 4 species of fungi which exhibit this kind of behaviour. My friends, methinks the end is nigh.
(via National Geographic)
It has been found hat there are, in fact, 4 species of fungi which exhibit this kind of behaviour. My friends, methinks the end is nigh.
(via National Geographic)
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I happened to watch this video today. so cool yet so disturbing
ReplyDeletewow poor ant but it's part of nature. Let nature take its course!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very bad sign..
ReplyDeletesooooooo dope. joe rogan was talking about this on his podcast the other day. fungi is one of the most interesting life forms out there.
ReplyDeleteWut...
ReplyDeletewhat if this happened to humans... that would suck.
ReplyDeletefungus is my brain...
ReplyDeletesounds like mind control man
ReplyDeletethats gnarley haha
ReplyDeleteI may think twice before buying the mushrooms on 'buy one get one free'...
ReplyDeletecreepy man, I read about this the other morning and was kind of shocked.
ReplyDeleteThat is creepy. yuck.
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