Your comment reminded me of the Zombie ant fungus which is able to control the movements of ants...and makes them move to better environments that fit the growt

Your comment reminded me of the Zombie ant fungus which is able to control the movements of ants...and makes them move to better environments that fit the growth requirements of the fungus. When it's done it uses its host to go as high up the forest as possible to find a better position to release its spores more effectively. What blew my mind was that some ant colonies have learned that the zombie fungi is susceptible to other fungi infections, which they use as kind of a defense mechanism against the zombie fungi infection. They quarantine infected zombie ants and put other fungi next to it because the zombie fungi otherwise leads to potential eradication of the colony due to it having such a huge spreading factor. That's why a lot of observed colonies in the tropical forests seem to harvest different types of fungi (for food and defense?). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis