I assume not even that. Doesn’t the fungus just compel an ant to climb up high? The fungus doesn’t experience anything beyond what it normally does and the ant just gets a craving for going up.
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WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoI’m no fun-guy, but I don’t think it works that way. When you drive a car, you don’t suddenly feel like you have wheels. I imagine a zombie fungus driving an ant is akin to a person riding a Silt Strider in Morrowind—a body horror vehicular experience.
graymess@hexbear.net 2 days ago
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
The fungus definitely sits around all day musing “why walk when you could ride?” /s
tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 days ago
A screenshot of Jordan Peele looking proudly smug from the Mad TV skit parodying the T. V. show “Deal or No Deal”
Not the kinda cars I drive, man.