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'Zombie ant fungus' in humans? Climate change sparks fungi fears — some serious and some silly
Enter zombie concerns. Some real-life fungi are already gruesome, including one that turns ants into zombies. Could it soon jump to humans, an evolution fueled by a warming world? That's the plot ...
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The zombie fungus from 'The Last Of Us' is real — but not nearly as deadly
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, otherwise known as cordyceps or zombie-ant fungus ... And, perhaps the most important: The fungus cannot infect humans. "Our body temperatures are high enough that ...
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Can climate change really create zombie fungi, like in "The Last of Us"?
While the idea of fungi creating zombie-like humans may sound far-fetched, real scientists have studied the connection behind fungal evolution and climate change and the threats fungi can pose to ...
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Could the 'zombie fungus' from 'The Last of Us' exist in real life?
HBO's TV series "The Last of Us" shows a world ravaged by a "zombie fungus" that has the ability to infect and control people's minds. While human mind–controlling fungi do not yet exist in real ...
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Could The Zombie Fungus From ‘The Last of Us’ Infect People In The Real World? Here’s What Science Says
In the show, a mutated fungus called Cordyceps infects humans, turning them into aggressive, zombie-like creatures. The series is inspired by a real fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ...
Meet the Real Zombies That Exist Everywhere Around Us
Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their ...
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'Zombie cicadas,' infected with a mind-controlling fungus, aren't a threat to humans. But they're killing each other.
Humans aren't the only ones susceptible to the psychedelic effects of fungi. Cicadas are feeling the effects on a deadly level. For the winged bugs, this is "Night of the Living Dead." A mind ...
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Scientists reveal what zombies would REALLY look like - and say the possessed humans in the Last of Us Season 2 aren't far off
Dr Matt Kasson, Associate Professor of Mycology at West Virginia University and expert on zombie fungi, told MailOnline: 'Most fungi that infect humans aside from yeasts don’t really produce ...
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"It’s a bit grim, but it’s all part of the remarkable natural world."
But don’t worry - so far none of these "zombie fungi" have evolved to gain the ability to control a human mind. So far. Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100.
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These 5 Infectious Fungi are a Terror to Insects and Humans
Luckily, cordyceps don't infect humans, so we have nothing to fear ... Read More: How a Zombie-Ant Fungus Can Infect a Host As it turns out, ants aren't the only ones vulnerable to zombification ...
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Newly discovered fungus turns cave-dwelling spiders into ‘zombies’
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