Puppeteer Fungus Creates 'Zombie Flies' Boosting Its Locomotor Activity Before Dying

Carolyn Elya discovered parasitic fungus on the balcony of her Berkeley apartment. It was a particular kind of fungus that attacks fruit flies and enters their nerve systems, eating the flies from the inside out.

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