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In tropical forests, there are fungi that can turn ants into real zombies and make them carry out their orders. Cordyceps fungus spores enter the ant's body and make the insect climb a tall plant, biting into it with its jaws. After a while, the ant dies, and a new fungus begins to grow from its body. Scientists have studied this phenomenon and found that the fungus does not control the ant's nervous system but affects its muscles. That is, the insect understands everything—if, of course, you can say that about an ant—but cannot do anything. Ants are terrified of zombie fungi, so as soon as they notice that someone from the colony has begun to behave suspiciously, they immediately drag it away from the anthill.
In tropical forests, there are fungi that can turn ants into real zombies and make them carry out their orders. Cordyceps fungus spores enter the ant's body and make the insect climb a tall plant, biting into it with its jaws. After a while, the ant dies, and a new fungus begins to grow from its body. Scientists have studied this phenomenon and found that the fungus does not control the ant's nervous system but affects its muscles. That is, the insect understands everything—if, of course, you can say that about an ant—but cannot do anything. Ants are terrified of zombie fungi, so as soon as they notice that someone from the colony has begun to behave suspiciously, they immediately drag it away from the anthill.