Zombie fly fungus 'bewitches' males to mate with female corpses that have been dead for a day - Daily Mail

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.

A fungus that turns houseflies into zombies ensures its survival by 'bewitching' males into mating with the fungal-infected corpses of dead females - and a new study finds the longer the female is de… [+3977 chars]

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