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Shows like The Walking Dead are full of hungry, mindless, surprisingly fleet-footed armies of brain-eating zombies. Could they actually exist? Are zombies real? Well, maybe if you're talking about zom-bees! This week I introduce you to some of nature's strangest mind-controlling parasites, who make zombies of the natural world. This one will make your brain tingle. That's just the awesome science, though… not a parasite. Promise!

Watch the full video clips used in this episode:
KQED zom-bees    • ZomBees: Flight of the Living Dead  
BBC cordyceps    • Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Pl...  
Jewel wasp:    • Видео  
   • Wasp walks Zombie Roach  
Cricket horsehair worm:    • A worm comming out of a cricket  
Red berry ants:    • Cephalotes atratus  
NatGeo zombie snails:    • Zombie Snails | World's Deadliest  

LEARN MORE:
Ed Yong's TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_yong_suic...
Biochemistry of parasitic zombies: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/sci...
An entire issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology dedicated to parasitic control of hosts: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216...


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