Pest Control the Half-Life Way
From an Associated Press article:
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"Some researchers in Texas are trying an unusual approach to combat fire ants — parasitic flies that turn the pesky insects into zombies whose heads fall off.This sounds a lot like the headcrab plan to combat humans. Except it would be better if the flies controled the ants and sent them after Gordon Freeman.
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