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Comment by hypertele-Xii

And cordyceps fungi compel ants to climb to a specific height off ground, at millimeter and 95% accuracy, to a spot of ideal location and humidity for the fungus to spore.

And the craziest thing is, the cordyceps fungus doesn't actually infiltrate the ant's brain! Autopsies found the fungus spreads all over the ant's body, but not its brain!

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