And in the case of ants, the Cordyceps parasites spreads throughout the body as a yeast which secretes chemicals that behave similarly to neurotransmitters in the brain.
And while they're doing walks, walking their dogs in the forest or doing mushroom foraging, they're often now [saying], " Oh, I found a cordyceps, " because now they're thinking about them.
Cordyceps infiltrate their insect host - for example ants or beetles - and control their brains, forcing them to climb up high, and then bursting out of their bodies to scatter their spores to the wind.