I forgot how to have fun so I picked something to remind me of the fuckeries that go on around us when organisms are just tryna survive.

This video includes, but is not limited to: zombie ants, psilocybin, Pedro Pascal, houseflies in a ménage et toi, mobility manipulation.

01:16 Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (zombie ants)

04:34 Massospora cicadina (zombie cicada)

08:33 Entomophthora muscae (houseflies)

IMAGE/CLIP SOURCES:

Thank you to the creators who made this video into what it is, the scientists for their research and imagery, the animal enthusiasts for their observations, and everyone else for adding to the creative sphere to help others, like me, to create, and hopefully inspire others to create, who will go on to inspire even more.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyCanNfPi_OpkmCD1e2pH58-2ma6SFawEsIyfQy5Ta0/edit?usp=sharing

Thumbnail: By Denis Zabin https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/407452544, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

And again to the YouTubers for their videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kH1wKiMGJE&lc=UgxYli2Nz1Ar1ogl4mx4AaABAg.Ab_i8zGEjxzAbhyOO9dJpJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9T727tz7FA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOXR0x_4y6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sdATnZ5Kv0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEEvSoscXyM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6nvOzr4dA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBbEPnoo5o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O57PzV1L52g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyd5V_Vmykg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63zlZRuZgA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4svo1W4n1ds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VjUOb0gHdg 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_3j7ZyIABU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqg-pSmHJZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqvjK-BKzWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5kaomflI4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDI4CRm1oek

RESOURCES:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1711673114

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6679347/#sec14

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1711673114

https://dgpix.org.uk/blog/entomophthora-muscae-the-fatal-fungal-puppeteer

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.34414

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01284-x

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