Zombie fire ants (no, really)

by Mindy Hiteshue — last modified May 14, 2009 11:05 PM
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Sorry for the long lapse between posts...but we had our Annual Retreat last week, which was a great success! This week, we've been playing catch up at the office. The good news is that in the next few days we will be updating our website to a newer platform version...the bad news is that we'll be taking a few more days off from blogging while the site gets updated. But in the meantime, I leave you with this awesome article about zombie fire ants. From the N&O:

"The flies 'dive-bomb' the fire ants and lay eggs. The maggot that hatches inside the ant eats away at the brain, and the ant starts exhibiting what some might say is zombielike behavior."

I see a movie opportunity here...maybe Dead Ant Walking?

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