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re: Psychedelic Zombie Snail shows why nature is terrifying (not for the squeamish)

Posted on 8/15/19 at 5:28 pm to
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120068 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 5:28 pm to
I actually forgot about it, but I will be honest.. I am 98% sure I threw it away. I'll check tonight.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133279 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 5:34 pm to
You think you could rewrite it, trying to capture the same salient points?
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
7653 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 9:34 pm to
So you are telling me that it’s just a coincidence that you happened to start this thread the same day it’s on google news and hasa video on world star. Righttttt
Posted by Bushmaster
19th Hole
Member since Oct 2008
39948 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 9:39 pm to
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This is easily the most disturbing post I’ve seen here in a couple weeks.



It’s my second next to TigerHam getting his arse eaten out
Posted by AUsteriskPride
Albuquerque, NM
Member since Feb 2011
18385 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 9:46 pm to
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
16180 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:22 pm to
Back on topic: this stuff makes you think; if there’s a God He really has one fricked up sense of humor
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133279 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:28 pm to
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So you are telling me that it’s just a coincidence that you happened to start this thread the same day it’s on google news and hasa video on world star. Righttttt


It’s viral, so that makes perfect sense for it to come up in search views...

Dude, I didn’t say it was my video or anything. I didn’t invent zombie snails
Posted by pensacola
pensacola
Member since Sep 2005
4798 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:31 pm to
Build The WALL!!!
Posted by CockHolliday
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2012
4805 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 1:09 pm to
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The parasite uses “aggressive mimicry” to make the snail’s eyestalks look like caterpillars so a bird will eat the snail and, in turn, the parasite, and the parasite can continue to reproduce


These things have to be smarter than 99% of all humans on the planet.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133279 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 4:13 pm to
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These things have to be smarter than 99% of all humans on the planet.



Imagine if you scaled them up. Or if they mutated so they could infect larger animals, like a bear or a lion?
Posted by TigerTattle
Out of Town
Member since Sep 2007
6686 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 4:55 pm to
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Imagine if you scaled them up


Tremors.
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
19219 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 5:09 pm to
That's fricking awesome.
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51485 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 5:18 pm to
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if they mutated so they could infect larger animals,

They made a video game about cordyceps doing just that

Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133279 posts
Posted on 8/17/19 at 3:59 pm to
I’ve heard of that game but never played it. Didn’t know that cordyceps were the antagonist
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