Fascinating!
There are other parasites with similar MOs. Makes ya wonder how that adaptation came into being.
Cool vid. Of course, David Attenborough could recite Green Eggs and Ham and I'd be mesmerized.Here is the very eerie Cordyceps segment from the 2006 BBC series, "Planet Earth" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
Scariest horror movie I've ever seen.