'Zombie' Parasite Cordyceps Fungus Takes Over Insects Through Mind Control | National Geographic

Deep in the Amazon jungle, a parasitic fungus called cordyceps infect ants and other insects in order to reproduce.

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[saerom]

releasing more spores, infecting more ants, more spores *more ants* *MORE ANTS*

[VKDante]

"But what if, the world were to get slightly warmer..."

[JaydenTrafford]

It does not take over the mind, it instead takes over the nervous system by bypassing the brain. So that Ant is fully aware of what's happening but instead has no control over their actions which is what makes this type of Fungus different from others. Scary, right?

[CoffeeSnep]

This is the fungus that the one in The Last of Us is directly based on. Not only did the developers directly state it, but in game there is a military journal you can find, explaining that the fungus is a mutated strain evolved to infect humans, and explicitly labels it a variation of Cordyceps.

[bbarbiey]

"Do I need to remind you what is out there?" - Joel

[alexharley]

They should make a video game out of this

[klmnkrstf]

All fun and games until ants start clicking

[invictuszeal]

Props for the ant holding the camera and not getting infected.

[MacardiDot]

Ants:
*exist*
Parasite: it`s free real estate

[Dubstequtie]

Imagine this being a thing for humans.
_My _*_god_*

[francescobarile]

-So, if that happens...
-We lose
-We'll be back

[kaynine]

The director of this documentary is amazing...this is how you make science interesting

[surajs]

What if, for instance, the world were to get slightly warmer?

[SkuuchiMane]

U.S Military : Let's find a way to weaponize it

[stone]

On Twitter for 5 min, and here i am learning about fungus that kills and takes over its hosts body.

[piyapataiyamart]

*"I N F E C T I N G M O R E A N T S !"*

[CraigSmith]

This is where The Last of Us got its inspiration from.

[Grumpygrumpygrumpy]

I'm actually getting bombarded with these kinds of videos about fungus after watching The Last of Us, and I loved it, keep it coming YT

[niuvltj]

subtitles: (scary music)

deaf people: 😨

[emmagarciasz]

1:38

Subtitles: *(scary music)*

Me: *is scared*