Nature, it seems, gets freakier the more we know and learn about it.
There is a fungus called Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani that can invade the brain of an ant, turn it into a zombie, take control of it's body, and have it walk to a location suitable to the fungus before killing it.
If that isn't freaky, I don't know what is.
If you are anything like me you wondered if there is a fungus that could do that to a human just now. I sense a great idea for a book.
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