# Zombie Fungi. Seriously

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**Created:** [January 2, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zombie-fungi-seriously/278620 "2009-01-02T19:42:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_of\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sage\_of\_Fire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sage_of_Fire)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zombie-fungi-seriously/278620/1 "2009-01-02T19:42:46Z")

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This is one of the freakiest things I’ve ever seen. This Cordyceps fungus infects the bodies of live insects (and other things), takes over their brains, makes them climb as high as they can, then sprouts out of their bodies. 👁 That’s just wrong.

Here’s the link: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8&feature=dir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8&feature=dir)