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Academic science proves to us from early childhood that in this everything is clear and simple in the world and that in it for a long time there are no secrets and riddles. But is it? They are everywhere and everywhere, even, it would seem, in the most mundane: for example, in nature there is a fungus, which for the continuation of life must penetrate his prey and eat it brain.
Creepy, isn’t it? Creepy and amazing! But even more what seems surprising to us is that the fungus Entomophthora muscae and its fantastic parasitic ability revealed by scientists University of California recently – how can it be to say that our world is well understood?
So scientists followed the life of this unusual fungus and learned a lot of interesting things. It turns out that Entomophthora muscae is an excellent hunter, fortunately for us, mainly for flies. Getting into the body of an insect, this parasite within two days slowly eating his brain, completely subordinating the fly to one task – find a suitable place for death.
After that, the insect flies, in fact, finds such a place and dying there with wings raised. It turns out such a strange pose a fly needs a fungus in order to catch the next sacrifice for its further dissemination and development.
Mushrooms Life
