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Fox News on 2019-07-22 19:45

Deadly fungus creates ‘zombie ants’ with hijacked jaws

If you thought fictional zombies walking around on film were scary, the condition that turns creatures into mindless eating machines actually exists ...

Colleen Mangold

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