Zombifying Mushroom: Carpenter Ants

Zombifying Mushroom: Carpenter Ants

Ophiocordycep is a species of mushroom that infects and zombifies carpenter ants. The mushroom slowly takes control of the ant's motor functions and leads them away from the colony to die in a place ideal for growing. Then the mushroom grows out of the ant's head.

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