Zombies are real – just ask the parasites taking over the bodies and brains of insects and rodents, leading them to their doom

Parasitic fungi, wasps, worms and amoeba can control the behavior of their hosts in various horrifying ways.

自然界中確實存在能改變宿主行為的寄生蟲和真菌，但它們並不讓死者復活，而是乾擾宿主的運動、動機與決策系統。作者以僵屍螞蟻真菌、翡翠寶石蜂、毛蟲和弓形蟲為例說明，操控往往只需改變一個關鍵行為，並不存在單一的“僵屍開關”。