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Biologists Reveal These Two Fungus Species Make Flies Zombies

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Mushroom species Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa turn flies into zombies, able to fly even if they have a hole in their stomach.

Nationalgeographic.co.id—Researchers found two species mushroom new ones who have a terrible way of life. Because they eat flies alive, but not really killing flies that. Which is conducted mushroom this is to turn it into zombie.

Yes, mushroom is named Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa. This species attacks the species flies Coenosia tigrina and Coenosia testacea who hails from Denmark.

At first glance, this species also has characteristics such as flies ordinary house but it’s different when it’s attacked by mushroom, flies it underwent a terrible change.

Mushroom eating one or more holes in the stomach flies and then generate blobs spore orange, which spreads through the host.

Quoted from Live Science, flies zombie The infected remain alive for days and can carry on with their normal activities even though there are holes in their stomachs. But slowly, left it eats away at the host si flies until he finally died.


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