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Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses

Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses
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University of Copenhagen: Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses

University of Copenhagen: Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses
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Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses

A unique fungus survives by 'bewitching' male flies into mating with dead female flies. The longer a female fly carcass has lain and rotted, the greater the male’s lust. This, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Copenhagen.  

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Research Shows Unique Tactic of Zombie Fly Fungus To Survive Longer

A common pathogenic fungus called Entomophthora muscae lives by infecting common houseflies with lethal spores.

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Zombie fly fungus bewitches males to mate with female corpses

The study found that the longer a female was dead, the more alluring it was- 73% of male flies mated with female carcasses that had died from the fungal infection between 25 to 30 hours earlier.

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