why not zombie as an ant
we heard many things about zombie by the way this one is a real zombie which may hang out in your backyard it seems normal for us because they are an ant.
Ya, There is ant but small differences they are infected by a fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis this fungus belongs to Ophiocordyceps which seen in the rainforest which complete convert the ant to a zombie.
stages of zombification in ant
1. INFECTION we known ants are more active insects, where they are roaming around the rainforest they get infected by spores of a fungus, that spore release an enzyme in the upper layer of an ant which causes damage to the skins of the ant which lets a higher opportunity for the infection of an ant with two days after infection they killed the ant.
2. DEATH GRIP
After the death of an ant, they occupy the brain of the ant and produce many new chemical things where those thing used by a single organism to function in a well-organized way, this happen through a cell signaling at last t the penetrate the tissue of an ant and they start control there limbs they bring the ant at the height of 25cm, this 25 cm above the ground level where the optimum temperature/humidity favorable for spore-forming. they make the ant bite the leaf tightly with Mandible to prevent the fall of an ant.
3. SPORE FORMATION
They consume the ant and form a stroma which doesn’t have any specific function is made up of many kinds of tissues which formed beneath the head where they kept the spore on the stroma which will be released after mature and which further infect another ant
4. ZONE OF ZOMBIFICATION
At the height of 25cm above the ground level means it can cover the larger area and can travel with the wind and the ant place them near the colonies. so it has a higher probability infection of an ant in the nest
ECOSYSTEM They help to maintain the ecosystem of ant in the rainforest, even the ants also evaluate if they notice the infection in the colonies they separate and expelled from the colony
In the brain of an ant, they produce several different types of chemicals, they are new to humankind so they are tested for immunomodulatory, antitumor. at last, the fiction zombie is in ant shape, and they are several other kinds of insect-like spider, cockroaches, silkworm also performs as a zombie when influenced by pathogens.
Originally published at https://www.theguest.xyz on September 16, 2020.
