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Why these zombie caterpillars can't stop eating

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A real-life Cordyceps fungus zombifies still-living animals: Crashing their “blood sugar’s” The fungus inside the silkworm has acquired a gene (originally from a virus) for making an enzyme called trehalase.

That enzyme messes with the signal of hunger being satisfied, so the caterpillar eats in a frenzy.

“I steal your own weapon to kill you is the thieving fungal overlords.

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