Green ant 'zombies' affected by deadly fungus attacked by slayers

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Green ant 'zombies' affected by deadly fungus attacked by slayers - latest scientific research

GREEN ants may be zombie ant slayers, or love chowing down upon the zombified flesh of their infected relatives.

Researchers from James Cook University in Cairns Queensland, and Penn State University in the USA have found native green ants behave in a surprising way when they encounter a member of their colony infected with a deadly fungus, in effect acting like "zombie-slayers".
 
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