@Vanshika.B
Anna lisie
@Vanshika.B · 2:13

The zombie fungus that takes over ants’ bodies to control their mind

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Hey, swell. I found this entrance article that talks about fungi that can control Ant's minds and make them do things. And the name of the fungus is O Fergus Cortisps unilateralis. I believe it is also referred to as the zombie fungus. So what happens is when an Ant consumes this fungus, it essentially takes over the mind and draws nutrients from the end, which is the host

https://s.swell.life/SSbTHEPIwKuXel3

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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:35

https://fantasticfungi.com/

If you already have seen it, please let me know if it totally completely connected the two things together, because what you're describing is the power of fungi to be opportunistic and really not take over. I guess it's aggressive. Fungi are everywhere, and they really are the Transformers of life into life again. But this is just part of it
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@Vanshika.B
Anna lisie
@Vanshika.B · 0:13
Hey, yeah, you're right. If this would scale, we would be victims of the fungi. And yeah, I will definitely check out fantastic fungi because it sounds really amazing. And I will get back to you
@sanjanas08
Sanjana
@sanjanas08 · 1:24

https://youtu.be/XuKjBIBBAL8

Hi. So I actually watched a video on YouTube that was about something very similar to this. And I think it just came up on my I recommended, and I clicked on it. But yeah, I think it was almost the same thing. It was a different fungi, though. It was called Cordyceps. And I can put the link to the video on this as well. And I thought that video was really interesting. And so is this article
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