How To Create A Real Zombie, The Organic Way
Parasitic fungi and protozoa can steer host behavior, helping them spread and reproduce, scientists said.
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Zombies are real – just ask the parasites taking over the bodies and brains of insects and rodents, leading them to their doom
The fungus _Ophiocordyceps_ (stalk growing out of the ant's head) helped inspire the video game and show "The Last of Us." Denis Zabin/iNaturalist, CC BY-SAZombies have taken many forms in popular culture. In Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video, corpses climb out of their graves and perform an impressively coordinated dance. In HBO’s “The Last of Us,” a fungus infects humans, takes over their bodies and turns them into hosts that help sprea…
How To Create A Real Zombie, The Organic Way
How To Create A Real Zombie, The Organic Way Ophiocordyceps, the fungus that takes over ants, are not the only zombie causes out there. Nature is full of them. The Conversation Sat, 10/31/2026 - 09:18 Categories Ecology & Zoology
If the zombies of the cinema or video game have had their hour of glory, take a look at these three parasites and what they inflict on their hosts: you will see that fiction is sometimes pale in front of the monstrosities of the animal kingdom.
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