Mind-controlling and pornogrpahic fungi
There is a fungus that can control the minds of insects.
The fungus can infect an insect, control its mind, make it climb upward (for better spore distribution), and then kill it and use its body for food in order to produce a spore-bearing mushroom.
Really. Here, watch:
They also have some amazing time-lapses of mushrooms growing. Some sections almost pornographic. ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvTvaxVySlE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puDkLFcCZyI
The fungus can infect an insect, control its mind, make it climb upward (for better spore distribution), and then kill it and use its body for food in order to produce a spore-bearing mushroom.
Really. Here, watch:
They also have some amazing time-lapses of mushrooms growing. Some sections almost pornographic. ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvTvaxVySlE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puDkLFcCZyI