Victim "Zombie" Ant Fungus Mind Control. Zombie ants "may sound like the title of an Ed Wood film, but according to National Geographic, they are real.

Strangely, that nothing less than a real zombie ants. Only when the fungus reproduces particular the brain of the ant that things are strange.

When "persecute mushrooms found Ophiocordyceps camponoti Balzani infects an ant-ant gives control over her own body. When the fungus is under control, it forces the ant to vent against" an ideal situation for the fungus to grow and disseminate their spores. "So it's lights out for the ant. Who knew a sponge could be so evil?

These findings were a group of natives of Brazil, led by entomologist David Hughes. National Geographic has published a series of images of ants, which have "lost his head" is a fungus. You can check the example below. It can not be sick.