Re:'Zombie ant' brains left intact by fungal parasite
by raverbashing on Thursday November 09, 2017 @05:53AM
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Yeah it's really weird. Animal time scales (needed to control muscles) seem much faster (order of ms) than fungus time scales (order of seconds for a very fast one)
It seems to me it requires the whole fungus to assembly itself in some kind of "fungus brain". Really fascinating stuff
It seems to me it requires the whole fungus to assembly itself in some kind of "fungus brain". Really fascinating stuff