Male yellow crazy ants are real-life chimeras. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 04 / 230411105912.htm. Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz.

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, otherwise known as cordyceps or zombie-ant fungus, ... said that there are some major differences between how the fungus is portrayed in the show and in real life.

Normally, in a multicellular life form—be this a human, a dog, or a bat—all cells contain identical genetic material. The research team concludes that male yellow crazy ants are chimeras: they develop ...