70K views · 113 reactions | It’s called the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus, and it’s the inspiration for the Last of Us game series. | Cheddar Gadgets | Facebook

15K views · 573 reactions | Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as #zombieantfungus, is an insect-pathogenic #fungus, currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. #TwistedTENS #Top10 | Rob Gavagan | Facebook

117K views · 2.2K reactions | Zombie fungus in Florida! This ant was taken over by cordyceps fungus, Ophiocordyceps turns ants into nature’s very own mind-controlled hosts, guiding them to spread the spores before meeting their end. A chilling reminder of how powerful and strange nature can be!  #NatureFacts #ZombieFungus #Cordyceps #Ants #FloridaNature #animaleducation #scicomm #educational | Chris Gillette | Facebook

🥺👇 They call it the “zombie fungus”… but that’s not even the wild part. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infects ants, hijacks their brain, controls their movements, and uses their body to spread more spores. Real-life mind control. Massospora does it too keeping cicadas alive while it eats them from the inside out. They keep buzzing like nothing’s wrong. It sounds extreme. But nature’s been showing us what parasites are capable of all along. And here’s the part no one talks about: Parasites don’t