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Zombie Ants

August 20, 2010 Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All The Work: Scientific American Posted by Hellen Popovich 31 Jul 2009 [...] A tropical fungus has adapted to infect ants and force them to chomp, with surprising specificity, into perfectly located leaves before [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 BugBig - What If Terrorists Use The 'Zombie Ant' Brain Fungus To ... Send by Maureen O'Connor Remember that brain fungus that forces "zombie ants" to leave their colonies and march around feeding a fungal organism in their brains until one day it pops out and kills them? What if the terrorists get their hands on it? [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 ANYTHING TO GIVE FOR EVERYONE: 48mn-year Old' Fossil Reveals ... Send by [email protected] (DZAKWAN B Washington: Scientists have stumbled across a 48mn-year-old leaf fossil in Germany that depicts how a deadly fungus infected ants and turned them into zombies. Dr David P Hughes, from the University of Exeter and his colleagues made the [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Q&A: What Are Zombie Ants?Also Have You Ever Heard Of Zombie ... Send by Raluca Dina by SuziJane Question by Tom: What are zombie ants?Also have you ever heard of zombie snails? What other zombie animals are there? Best answer: Answer by. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Fossil Reveals 48-million-year History Of Zombie Ants Posted by Hellen Popovich A 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf has revealed the oldest known evidence of a macabre part of nature ? parasites taking control of their hosts to turn them into zombies. Further information: Article source. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Terrance Zdunich Blog Archive GUINEA WORMS, & LANCET FLUKES ... Send by terrance The eggs of unborn lancet flukes contain parasitic embryos that when ingested by ants turn them into virtual ant zombies. Once devoured, the flukes hatch and infiltrate the insect's nerve center where they establish an overpowering [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Ants TOO Have A Zombie Making Parasite! Wonderful. Send by anguishedrepose I told you about Toxoplasma gondii which is a zombie making parasite for rats, now check out the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis which turns ants into zombies who suffer from mind-control-induced death grips. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Hay Fever Or Alien Invasion? | Extra X-Wide P Send by xwidep Is it the beginnings of the next invasion from Mars? Could it be a fungus trying to control our brains like the zombie ants in the forests of Europe? Why has the allergic reaction to tree, grass and flower pollen suddenly shifted? [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 The 48 Million-Year-Old Fungus That Controls Ants Like ... Posted by Hellen Popovich # science The Ophiocordyceps fungus, which grows inside ants and releases chemicals to control their behavior, has been around for 48 million years , according to [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 What Are Zombie Ants?Also Have You Ever Heard Of Zombie Snails? Posted by Hellen Popovich This is a long story so hold on and bear with me OK? The lancet fluke (Dicrocoelium [...] and cause a change of behaviour, that makes Bernard Werber *) call them "zombie ants" [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Zombie Ants - Neowin Forums Posted by Hellen Popovich 'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years Earliest evidence of fungus that takes over ants' behaviour for its own ends found by scientists [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 LA Music Awards Showcase On The Strip Send by Los Angeles Independent Performing that night are 2010 LAMA Nominees the Farmers; Zoe Scott; Big Joe Hurt; Zombie Shakerbox; New Blues Revolution; Spirit Soul & Friends; [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 The X Tollbooth: Zombie Ants! Send by XOptional Zombie Ants! Posted by AmandaPelliciari on August 18, 2010. The zombies have come, but it's not exactly the apocalypse. Carpenter ants being taken over by fungi sounds like the beginning of a Science-Fiction film, but this time it's [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Daktari's World: Zombie Ants Send by Bob Daktari Zombie ants. The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists. The gruesome hallmark of the fungus's handiwork was found on the leaves of plants that [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 What's Ants Got To Do With It? Got To Do With It? BeefJack - The ... Posted by Hellen Popovich That's right, a parasitical fungus (Ophiocordyceps) that turns ants into ?zombies?. No, they don't quite crave human flesh or other ants, but what they end up doing to leaves at the end of the fungus's life cycle (and the end of the [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 'Zombie Ants' Have Been Controlled By Parasitic Fungus For 48m Years ... Posted by Hellen Popovich 'Zombie ants' have been controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m [...] - Earliest evidence of fungus that takes over ants' behaviour for its own ends found by scientists The oldest [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 20, 2010 Fossil Reveals 48-million-year History Of Zombie Ants - Tech Posted by Hellen Popovich Fossil reveals 48-million-year history of zombie ants - Tech -A 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf has revealed the oldest known evidence of a macabre part of nature -- parasites taking control of their hosts to turn them into zombies. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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