The Cordyceps fungus infects ants and make the ants act like pop-culture type of undead creature known as zombies.
This is a relationship which one of the species benefit while the other doesn't in this case.
The Cordyceps fungus have a parasitic relationship with ants such that infects them and makes them look like zombies.
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Cordyceps unilateralis is a fungus species that parasites ants and makes them act like zombies.
This is a Cordyceps species that characterize by parasite ants.
The Genus Cordyceps is a parasite fungus that attacks mostly invertebrates causing their death. There are several species that parasite different insects and arachnids.
Once the fungus reaches the invertebrate tegument, it starts growing inside their bodies, destroying the animal from the inside.
Particularly Cordyceps unilateralis attack ants, and they grow and develop inside the insect's body, making them act like zombies.
This fungi species feeds on the animals within and reproduces there. Meanwhile, ants keep their normal habits (foraging, feeding, mating) until the fungus occupies almost half of their bodies.
At a certain development point, the fungus grows needle-like projections that emerge from the ants' heads while sending chemical signals to the ant that make them climb plants near the nest.
Once the ants are upward, they die, and the fungus spreads spores over the ants' nests. This is how they reproduce and attack new ants.
This is why this fungus is known as Zombi Cordyceps.
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