Hypothosis: Possible scary zombie fungus?

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Hypothosis: Possible scary zombie fungus?; What if Cordyceps Fungus moved to humans
Topic Started: Jul 13 2007, 07:50 PM (3,014 Views)
Gopher_dude	Jul 13 2007, 07:50 PM Post #1
Planning World Domination Posts: 268 Group: Members Member #342 Joined: August 20, 2006	Alright hey exit mundi! waves woot. Alright so I figured I'd share my idea on what I figured would be a pretty scary scenario. I've heard and seen a fungus on youtube and other stuff. It's called Cordyceps Fungus or whatever, and what it does is infects insects and controls their brains into going up to the highest place they can think of then holding on tight, as the fungus bursts out of their head and or back and explodes out more spores. Now it said that it helps the jungle because the Cordyceps Fungus controls the most successful species..well thats kind of us isn't it? So what if this fungus moved onto humans? What if there was infact a whole range of sub species of fungus that turned not only humans but turned the whole place into a veriable zombie apocalypse scenario? Now your going to ask yourself "well why the frick would it be a zombie apocalypse" and I'd awnser "because it's better then a non zombie apocalypse" See I figure if it did move onto humans I have the strange notion that the fungus would move up into the brain and take control of the body while it slowly grew mushroom caps out of the humans/hosts skin covering it in fungus and other mushroomy textures. The host would long die after the fungus takes complete control of the host and begine attacking other things to spread the spore. Now why would it go and attack other people? Well see it like this. Your the fungus and you've decided through your limited built in intellegence that if you keep the body you'll be able to spread spores in greater quantity and farther, also if you start to attack other humans well theres an opertunity to spread the spore into there blood stream and prolong your species and mabye get a quick snack out of the person since your host's body is running low on flesh. So there ya go. Theres my little statment on that. If it doesn't belong in science and nature then..please move it to where it's suppose to go. I figured I'd put it in science and nature since fungus be related to science.



Killer Bee	Jul 13 2007, 07:53 PM Post #2
Posts: 3,600 Group: Admin Member #419 Joined: November 2, 2006	That could be possible. And what even makes this possibility more scary is it would be in control long before we even knew anything about it.



gay	Jul 13 2007, 09:17 PM Post #3
Earth Ending Impacter Posts: 763 Group: Members Member #601 Joined: April 20, 2007	haha kinda reminds me of a certain X-Files episode involving subterranean yellow slimey fungus



Bigfoot	Jul 14 2007, 05:29 AM Post #4
The least shitty of the shittiest. Posts: 1,692 Group: Members Member #36 Joined: April 22, 2006	I have seen a fungi that I think sucks the juice from you. 'Shrooms were all along the back of a grasshoper, and it said it was a parasite. Never heard of the Zombie Fungi though.



That guy on the forum	Jul 14 2007, 05:43 AM Post #5
Planning World Domination Posts: 292 Group: Members Member #489 Joined: January 13, 2007	When you say "controls their brain" what do you mean by that? Does the insect just become sick, so their brain doesn't work, or is the fungus actualy smart enough to know that it's an insect and that it needs to move and spread.



Tom Joad	Jul 14 2007, 11:39 PM Post #6
Gap tooth so my dick's got to fit. Posts: 2,532 Group: Members Member #238 Joined: June 18, 2006	I have that fungus controlling my brain. Why do you think I am such an asshole?



Gopher_dude	Jul 14 2007, 11:41 PM Post #7
Planning World Domination Posts: 268 Group: Members Member #342 Joined: August 20, 2006	That guy on the forum Jul 13 2007, 10:43 PM When you say "controls their brain" what do you mean by that? Does the insect just become sick, so their brain doesn't work, or is the fungus actualy smart enough to know that it's an insect and that it needs to move and spread. The fungus literally begines to control the brain. There are also worms that can control bugs to commit suicide by going out into the open and being eaten by somthing. The fungus I'm talking about is breathed in by bugs. The spore gets in their bodies and up to brain where I guess it slowly takes over and grows. When the spore gets big enough or whatever it takes control of the ants brain and mind controls the ant to the tallest place the ant can think of (if the ant knows so does the spore) and then it makes the ant clamp down on the plant. The spore then ethire kills the ant or the ant dies and the fungus burst out of it releasing spores to continue the process. The fungus doesn't think like an insect it thinks like a fungus...it just controls the insect..



Killer Bee	Jul 15 2007, 08:46 AM Post #8
Posts: 3,600 Group: Admin Member #419 Joined: November 2, 2006	Tom Joad Jul 14 2007, 11:39 PM I have that fungus controlling my brain. Why do you think I am such an asshole? :lol: Jungle rot?



gay	Jul 15 2007, 01:00 PM Post #9
Earth Ending Impacter Posts: 763 Group: Members Member #601 Joined: April 20, 2007	sounds scary, possible bioweapon? btw, just saw an ad here that said "kill algae by ultrasound" =/



DirkNL	Jul 15 2007, 02:46 PM Post #10
Horrific poster Posts: 3,660 Group: Members Member #312 Joined: July 26, 2006	Killer Bee Jul 15 2007, 10:46 AM Tom Joad Jul 14 2007, 11:39 PM I have that fungus controlling my brain. Why do you think I am such an asshole? :lol: Jungle rot? Drug overdose, obviously -Dirk
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Bigfoot	Jul 15 2007, 03:01 PM Post #11
The least shitty of the shittiest. Posts: 1,692 Group: Members Member #36 Joined: April 22, 2006	Chode says to himself "LSD is right for me!" Meh Well, this fungi is interesting, I'm going to look it up.



gay	Jul 15 2007, 03:16 PM Post #12
Earth Ending Impacter Posts: 763 Group: Members Member #601 Joined: April 20, 2007	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps I've eaten those as chinese medicine! very good for your immune system, but too expensive, even more expensive than sea cucumbers unfortunately (in china). I think the fungus you guys are looking for is the ergot, which could produce chemicals that could be made into LSD.



DirkNL	Jul 15 2007, 03:45 PM Post #13
Horrific poster Posts: 3,660 Group: Members Member #312 Joined: July 26, 2006	gay Jul 15 2007, 05:16 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps I've eaten those as chinese medicine! very good for your immune system, but too expensive, even more expensive than sea cucumbers unfortunately (in china). I think the fungus you guys are looking for is the ergot, which could produce chemicals that could be made into LSD. Ergot in itself also has some psychoactive properties (together with lots of non-psychoactive ones), although not the ones you'd eat it for: Ergotism -Dirk
	Hail the wallflipping monochrome computer thingy 98% of the internet population has a Myspace. If you're part of the 2% that isn't an emo bastard, copy and paste this into your sig.


Magical Gelatin	Jul 15 2007, 07:13 PM Post #14
El Presidente Posts: 4,336 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: April 20, 2006	Thanks for sharing that info with us Gopher, it seems like a pretty plausible scenario. The fungi will enventually evolve, and quite possibly into a form that affects humans. And it would be scary not knowing if you have it or not.
	Flamingo Go ahead and the tell about the mutilation of your pinky. We have until the end of the world to hear it.


Gopher_dude	Jul 16 2007, 03:09 AM Post #15
Planning World Domination Posts: 268 Group: Members Member #342 Joined: August 20, 2006	Magical Gelatin Jul 15 2007, 12:13 PM Thanks for sharing that info with us Gopher, it seems like a pretty plausible scenario. The fungi will enventually evolve, and quite possibly into a form that affects humans. And it would be scary not knowing if you have it or not. Your welcome, I thought it up after I watched the clips on youtube about zombies and saw the clips on the bbc about the creepy fungus...also the worms that make snails commit suicide by being eaten by birds so they can spread the worm to the birds. Also to whom it may consern is there any chance we can get a mention of this in the zombie apocalypse scenario?



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