Zombie Fire Ants!

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Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby Thoul » Tue May 19, '09, 12:06 am

You might think the title belongs in the Screen Scene forum talking about a new Sci-Fi Movie of the Week, but this is about something more real than that. In an effort to control fire ant populations, scientists are experimenting with a South American fly that introduces maggots into a fire ant. The maggots eat the brain of the ant, making it wander around like a mindless zombie.

It's some crazy stuff: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090 ... hy/3231765
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Re: Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby Wolf Bird » Tue May 19, '09, 12:16 am

That...is amazing. Nature always finds awesome ways to do stuff like this, creepy as it can be. It will never cease to astonish me.
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Re: Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Tue May 19, '09, 11:37 pm

Oh my word!!!!!!! That is nuts!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder how long it will be before this fly stuff somehow gets incorporated into the human chain of things...our food or some other portion of our lives. This could be scary.

Also, I know the fire ants are very, very bad but on some level, this really ticks me off. It seems like a very inhumane sort of punishment. I think PETA should be a little upset over this one. I wouldn't even expect a fire ant to be treated that cruel way. But, that's just me.
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Re: Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby Darkil » Wed May 20, '09, 12:05 am

How interesting to read, and right after I finish playing Dead Frontier [Zombie MMORPG] too...
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Re: Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby Lucas » Wed May 20, '09, 1:58 am

Yeah I wached that on a TV show called the most extreme. Thats what you call a body invader :blank:
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Re: Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby bretlin » Wed May 20, '09, 6:55 am

I'm a huge fan of anything zombie-related :D so of course I found this video to be very fascinating!
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Re: Zombie Fire Ants!

Postby Srijita » Tue Jun 2, '09, 10:31 pm

This is deeply disturbing... :yikes:
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