Nature & Wildlife Pictures & Videos
Unlike the ants in Zombie Ants, Part 1 these ants “zombified” by a mind controlling fungus called Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani found only in the Brazilian Rain Forest. First, the ant is infected by the fungus. Next, the ant’s brain is controlled and the ant is moved to a location where the fungus can spread its spores [...]
Ok, so they aren’t really zombies because they aren’t actually dead. However, these ants are under mind control by a parasitic flatworm called the liver fluke. There is a more humorous take on the whole story on The Oatmeal but according to an article by Science World: Along comes an ant, host number three. It swallows [...]
It’s summer and summer time means ants. These fire ants from the Amazon link legs to create a raft during a flood that allows them to get to a different part of the jungle, pretty amazing!
