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Cordyceps Are The Zombie Virus Of The Insect World

Posted on 2/23/17 at 7:51 pm
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 7:51 pm
Basically they're a fungus that infects insects through spores and takes over their bodies. After the insect dies, the fungus grows out of their body and releases more spores to infect other insects. The idea of the fungus evolving to be able to infect human comes up in the game The Last of Us.




Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:15 pm to
Halo
Posted by FenrirTheBeard
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Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:17 pm to
The Planet Earth videos narrated by Sir H.D. Attenborough have really good videos on this.
Posted by Oswald
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:22 pm to
Posted by Cdawg
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Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:28 pm to
Cordycep supplements help with stamina and lowers stress.
Posted by impjr
louisiana
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:37 am to
Read "The Girl with all the Gifts".
This exact scenario, fungus mutates to infect humans.
Posted by drewnbrla
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Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:51 am to
Can't wait for TLOU 2
Posted by TheAlmightySmash
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:53 am to
quote:

The Last of Us.


Best story mode I've ever played. Very well written.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:54 am to
When does it hit mosquitoes?

Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 2/24/17 at 11:17 am to
quote:

The Planet Earth videos narrated by Sir H.D. Attenborough have really good videos on this.

I see those scenes in my nightmares. The idea that a fungus can infect an insect, cause it to completely change its behavior and then use the insect's body to infect other insects is one of the most creepy and chilling things I've ever heard of.
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