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Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies

26 February 2018

Fifteen more species of “zombie ant fungus” have been discovered, and they all force their hosts to die in creative ways to further their own life cycle

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Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies

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