The Magic of Mushrooms
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How a Parasite Fungus Can Infect an Ant
Fungus is inspired by real fungi and real stuff that they do, right? So there is a parasitic fungus called cordyceps that will kind of infect insects. It takes over their brains and it causes them to do all sorts of weird stuff. And the fungus can puppet the behavior of these creatures with exquisite precision. There's some really major questions here about how these organs can do what they do.
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