Hi feivel.
I have a problem with the wording, right off the bat (although not the actual wording, “Right off the bat.”
You said, “A tropical fungus has adapted to infect ants and force them to chomp, …..”
Actually, it is just as valid to say the fungus is infecting ants, and the ants are chomping….”
The use of the word “adapted” is biased and used to mislead. Additionally, the idea of the plant
“forcing” anything, whether ants or whatnot, in what is merely a response/reaction/action, also is a bias and misleading.
Sadly, it is nearly impossible these days to have pure knowledge which is truthful anymore without misdirection or speculation, at best.