Like dawn of the dead, only with more Fire Ants.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/13/national/a062256D48.DTL&tsp=1
Awesomely gruesome. Though I still think the zombie ant fungus is even stranger.
If we can get foreigners to keep reading it, the Chronicle might survive yet. :alberta:
You know i saw this story yesterday and thought of Malthus, and decided to not link it. So cheers you weird Canadian guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0uxeHDgBg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0uxeHDgBg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps)
I think the brain controlling fungus is scarier.
Quote from: katmai on May 13, 2009, 03:43:42 PM
You know i saw this story yesterday and thought of Malthus, and decided to not link it. So cheers you weird Canadian guy.
Of course, see something on parasites think of the Jew. :rolleyes:
Quote from: katmai on May 13, 2009, 03:43:42 PM
You know i saw this story yesterday and thought of Malthus, and decided to not link it. So cheers you weird Canadian guy.
Me too, but did not know how relate it to giant ants. :(
Not as cool, but more interesting choice of host:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Possible_link_to_psychological_disorders
Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2009, 03:27:43 PM
Like dawn of the dead, only with more Fire Ants.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/13/national/a062256D48.DTL&tsp=1
Awesomely gruesome. Though I still think the zombie ant fungus is even stranger.
Like with the deploy-and-forget meat-eating robots, all I can ask is: What could possibly go wrong? :P
Quote from: Lucidor on May 13, 2009, 04:24:49 PM
Not as cool, but more interesting choice of host:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Possible_link_to_psychological_disorders
I think there might have been a thread about human toxoplasmosis not that long ago, and how some dude said it affects the behavior of entire societies (like Brazilians).
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 13, 2009, 03:49:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0uxeHDgBg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0uxeHDgBg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps)
I think the brain controlling fungus is scarier.
We should try to infect a human with that shit. Maybe they'd grow that giant tentacle thing out of their head. It'd be all Silent Hill-ish. :cool:
Quote from: Martinus on May 13, 2009, 04:34:47 PM
Like with the deploy-and-forget meat-eating robots, all I can ask is: What could possibly go wrong? :P
The article reads as though the fly lays its eggs in one host. If it's a one-to-one predatory thing, I would guess that the likelihood of runaway consumption would be pretty low.
Somebody more competent than me want to clarify this?
Quote from: Caliga on May 13, 2009, 08:24:51 PM
We should try to infect a human with that shit. Maybe they'd grow that giant tentacle thing out of their head. It'd be all Silent Hill-ish. :cool:
I nominate you.
Ok. Do me, baby. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on May 13, 2009, 08:24:51 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 13, 2009, 03:49:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0uxeHDgBg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0uxeHDgBg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps)
I think the brain controlling fungus is scarier.
We should try to infect a human with that shit. Maybe they'd grow that giant tentacle thing out of their head. It'd be all Silent Hill-ish. :cool:
I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding Anime with that shit in there already.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 14, 2009, 06:02:08 AM
I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding Anime with that shit in there already.
Well, anime certainly can
cause brain rot ...
Quote from: Razgovory on May 13, 2009, 03:51:03 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 13, 2009, 03:43:42 PM
You know i saw this story yesterday and thought of Malthus, and decided to not link it. So cheers you weird Canadian guy.
Of course, see something on parasites think of the Jew. :rolleyes:
:lol:
Quote from: Caliga on May 13, 2009, 08:24:08 PM
I think there might have been a thread about human toxoplasmosis not that long ago, and how some dude said it affects the behavior of entire societies (like Brazilians).
That's evolution. They began as Portuguese, and then they contracted something to make them weird.