'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years

Guardian ^ | August 18th 2010 | Ian Sample

[Cardhu]

A carpenter ant (Camponotus leonardi) whose body has been consumed
by the fungus Ophiocordyceps. Photograph: David P Hughes

[Candor7]

Watch for the research to soon begin on a fungus based bio weapon to infect us all so we will pay all of our taxes. We go to the closest IRS office when its terminal, clamp our mandiles around the nearest tax form rack, and prepare to die after signing a blank check to the IRS.

The Obama Health Czar has okayed the research./s

[Roscoe Karns]

[April Lexington]

They should call it the George Soros fungus...

[BBell]

Neat little article.

[Whitebread]

Theres a fungus among us.

[ninonitti]

Watch for the research to soon begin on a fungus based bio weapon to infect us all so we will pay all of our taxes

I think I've been infected already.....state and local got me too.

[Lurker]

"This can happen on mass.

No, it happens "en masse".

L

[Brucifer]

LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

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[WilliamofCarmichael]

Richard Carlson: . . . a zombie has no will of his own. You see them some times, walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.

Bob Hope: You mean, like Democrats?
"Ghost Breakers" (1940)

'Zombie Democrats' controlled by parasitic "fund us" demands by labor unions for at least 70 years

[Waverunner]

Time to break out my miniature chainsaw to fight the ant zombies.

[Candor7]

D’accord monsieur, je vous remercie de votre langue francais.

[DariusBane]

Something deep inside me. Something very primitive finds this to be horrifying. It is much much worse than being simply killed and eaten. To be killed as prey, that's a common enough fate. But THIS! This is truly a thing of nightmares. Frightening. Ghoulish. Disturbing. Steven King material.

[sjmjax]

Has anyone checked Obama voters for fungal infections???

Could explain a lot....

[MurrietaMadman]

Ant/parasite model story provided for the entertainment of the rulinq class by Elite Manipulators Esq.

Any attempt by lesser beings to understand our sneering humor would be lost in their simple mindedness.

Similar modeling example can be found at
http://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature

[ConservativeMind]

A video of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8

[warm n fuzzy]

So THAT’S where “liberals” come from!

I always wondered.

[MHGinTN]

I do so enjoy a well written piece! Love the Stephen Kingesque ‘first and last sentence the same’ trick. Who says MENSA folks aren’t good for something besides thinking and partying?

[MurrietaMadman]

It is a fine piece. I wonder if the ending came as a surprise for the author?