It takes about three to nine days frominitial infection for the ants to become completely zombified, the team found.

研究小组发现，从蚂蚁被真菌感染到完全被“僵尸化”，大约耗时3到9天。

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Zombified: the fungus takes over the ant's body and, once the insect is dead, produces spores from its head.

僵变：寄生菌控制了木蚁的身体，一旦木蚁死亡，就会从其头顶释放出孢子。

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Zombified: the fungus takes over the ant's body and, once the insect is dead, produces spores from its head.

僵变：寄生菌控制了木蚁的身体，一旦木蚁死亡，就会从其头顶释放出孢子。

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