Did you know that zombies are very much real! The carpenter ant is turned into a zombie by a type of fungus known as O.unilateralis. This fungus injects a neurotoxin into the ant which then takes over the ants brain and affects the ant’s behavior. An example of this is when The author stated in paragraph 4, “ The fungus builds up a massive pressure and explodes through the exoskeleton and into the soft body underneath.” This gives an example of how the fungus infects the carpenter/sugar ant. To change the ants behavior the fungus injects a neurotoxin into the ant as the author stated in paragraph 5, “ The fungus produces a neurotoxin that changes the ant behavior. So this means that to take over the carpenter ant the fungus has to inject a