Zombie Ants
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Chapters
0:00
Intro
1:01
What is a fungus?
3:19
The importance of fungi.
4:05
Relationships between organisms.
4:27
The zombie fungus.
6:05
The fungi eat the ants.
6:40
How specialized are the fungi?
7:07
How can ants avoid the fungus?
7:53
Other cases of fungus controlling animal behavior.
9:00
Mammal behavioral control.
9:52
How brain control can happen.
10:20
Could there be a fungus that could control humans?
11:47
Are zombie ants only in a certain part of the world?
12:55
Citizen science helped discover this species.
14:12
This fungus has a parasite of its own?
14:49
Flies and wasps are part of this fungus food web.
15:08
Applied uses of this research.
17:12
Plant village: citizen science and social networking.
19:36
When did you know you wanted to be a biologist?
20:32
What helped you overcome challenges?
20:59
What would you do if you could not be a biologist?
22:06
What advice do you have for future biologists?
23:34
How did you do in math?
24:50
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Ask A Biologist Podcast
Zombie Ants
May 28, 2015
Episode 71
Dr. Biology Talks with David Hughes
If you think zombies are only on television and in the movies, think again. There are real live—well maybe not live—zombie ants. Dr. Biology learns the details of a nasty fungus and something called the "death grip" from biologist David Hughes. Listen in and be thankful you are not an ant.
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