Zombie Ants Fight Fungus With Fungus

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Thu, 05/03/2012 - 4:03pm

In a bizarre twist, scientists say the parasitic fungus that takes over ant brains is itself falling prey to another fungus — a hyperparasite that enables some ant colonies to survive the zombie attack.

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