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The Magic of Mushrooms
The Infinite Monkey Cage
The Evolution of Fungus
The fungus grows in that chamber from the feces and the dead bodies, and the ants then feed that fungus to their offspring. Is it that the ants are farming the fungus and they've actually domesticated the fungus to be helpful and clear up after them? Or has the fungus manipulated the ants into farming that fungus and it's kind of actually now got a nice cozy home in the tree? So, I think there's like different perspectives of looking at it. But either way, I mean, it's crazy evolutionary mystery, I guess. It's just, yeah, it does blow your mind.
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