Zombie ants. This is for all you who scoff at the Zombie threads here.

[Kaleva]

"The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists."

"The final stage of the parasitic death sentence is the most macabre. In their last hours, infected ants move towards the underside of the leaf they are on and lock their mandibles in a "death grip" around the central vein, immobilising themselves and locking the fungus in position."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/aug/18/zombie-carpenter-ant-fungus

[MilesColtrane]

1. I, for one, welcome our Zombied Ant Overlords.

(yeah, somebody had to say it)