☝️ Continued 🔹 And it's not just ants that fall victim to this killer. There are literally thousands of different types of Cordyceps fungi, and remarkably, each specialises on just one species. But these attacks do have a positive effect on the jungle's diversity since parasites like these stop any one group of animal getting the upper hand. The more numerous a species becomes, the more likely it will be attacked by its nemesis—a Cordyceps fungus. [Attack of the Killer Fungi, as narrated by Sir David Attenborough, in episode 8: Jungles, the Planet Earth documentary series, BBC Earth, 2006] 🇬🇧 #quote 🔸🔸 @philosophic_books @homerbooks @homerquotes