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Previously: fungus zombifies ants: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392038 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392038 (and other stories at http://www.hnse
by dexen 14y ago
Previously: fungus zombifies ants: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392038 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392038
(and other stories at http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=zombie+ant&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=zombie+ant&... )
Unlike the seemingly-confused bees in this story, the mind-controled ants exhibit very specific behavior, resulting in them ending up on very specific part of plant and in specific relation to sunlight and local humidity.
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http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6785-11-13.pdf http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6785-11-13.pdf seems to be a shorter version of a full-lenght paper I can't at this moment.