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 Zombie Ants?!?! 
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... s-science/

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(I won't drop huge dime on this toy, but) fuck if I'm not brain washed to like the SVHC version more.
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:50 am
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That is crazy. Mind controlling fungus? WTF???? Thanks for sharing that. Has to be one of the strangest and interesting things I've read in a while.


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There is a segment of this on the Planet Earth DVD series. It's on the Jungles episode. Fungus called Cordyceps. Seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8

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http://garamania.blogspot.com/2010/07/covered-in-cordyceps.html

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Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:48 pm
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Lixx wrote:
There is a segment of this on the Planet Earth DVD series. It's on the Jungles episode. Fungus called Cordyceps. Seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8


Thanks for posting this, I love Planet Earth but had never seen this episode :)

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Rich wrote:
(I won't drop huge dime on this toy, but) fuck if I'm not brain washed to like the SVHC version more.
Severen wrote:
We're all brothers here people. We are pinnacle of toy nerddom. Band together, support each other, someone might hook you up because "you're not an asshole".

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Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:55 pm
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keiboba wrote:
That is crazy. Mind controlling fungus? WTF???? Thanks for sharing that. Has to be one of the strangest and interesting things I've read in a while.


Yes, very fascinating. I was blown away!

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Rich wrote:
(I won't drop huge dime on this toy, but) fuck if I'm not brain washed to like the SVHC version more.
Severen wrote:
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