The zombie fruit flies in your kitchen

Entomophthora muscae, the "fly destroyer," is a fungus that infects the insect and zombifies. Then, at dusk, "the fly points its wings straight up and dies in a gruesome pose so that a fungus can ooze out and fire hundreds of reproductive spores."

Oh, its a nightmare for the flies, retired UC Riverside entomologist Brad Mullens told KQED's Deep Look. If their little brains could comprehend it, they would live in fear. Read the rest