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You thought was terrifying? Wait till you watch this exclusive clip from National Geographic nature docuseries . In it, a spore lands on an unassuming ant, and very bad things start to happen.
The spore called a into the ant’s body, flooding its brain with chemicals that compel the insect to seek an environment where the spore stands its best chance of infecting more ants. The astoundingly detailed time-lapse footage shows the fungus bursting through the ant’s body like as foreboding music underscores the gore. This may be nature at work, but it’s truly horrifying to watch the ant meet such a brutal fate. I’ve never felt more empathy for an insect.
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Ant’s deadly nightmare: Slow death by spore
The six-part Hostile Planet, narrated by British adventurer and survival instructor , focuses on the resilience of creatures facing cruel evolutionary curveballs in tough habitats like mountains, deserts, oceans and the North and South poles. The show premiered April 1 and logged approximately 1,800 hours of footage over all seven continents. Scenes include a heart-stopping tumble between a snow leopard and an ibex, and Đông trùng hạ thảo hải phòng barnacle geese chicks base-jumping from cliffs.
The above clip comes from the new episode of , which airs on ). The episode explores jungles and how increasingly unpredictable rains threaten all but their fittest species.