This Zombie Fungus Mind Controls Insects

Описание: Animal zombies might not behave like the zombies you’ve seen on “The Walking Dead.” Instead, these zombies lose control over their bodies and behavior when infected by parasitic fungi called Cordyceps. Cordyceps has over 400 varieties and infects as many as 10 different insect groups. How about having your brain overrun by a deadly parasite while being eaten alive? If you were an insect this is one fungus you’d want to avoid.

00:00 Zombie insects
00:36 Animal zombies
01:13 Spore growth
01:22 Hyperactive insects
02:17 Cordyceps infection
02:59 Massospora

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