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Apparently nature has found a way to combine my two biggest fears into one great big ball of fuck that! Thanks nature
Jul 18, 2017 8:00 PM
thebestsquishy
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Apparently nature has found a way to combine my two biggest fears into one great big ball of fuck that! Thanks nature
FromTheTwistedMindOfABrotha
Cuthulu's pet tarantula
TheGreyKnightsBANNED
Someone lay the exterminatuis upon this NOW!!!
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
wh-WHY WOULD YOU TOUCH IT? I get that it might not be transferrable to humans (yet?) but WHY WOULD YOU TAKE THE CHANCE?
ThewobbliestchairinPhilly
Reminds me of that one scene in Legion.
kpo57
Light the halos. The flood must be stopped.
Fastiee
Its so gross and terrifying I want to puke.
circuspony
Now read the Girl with all the Gifts.
davedoesnotgetit
I had a tarantula when I was a kid. My friend came over one day and stole my bike. I got rid of the tarantula promptly.
Dougal15
TheRealityWithin
You can actually buy some on Amazon. They're very healthy to eat....... I'll leave you with that.
somehowiendedupintexas
http://imgur.com/stelWGs
Sheehanaginz
inyourheadunderyourskin
I would probably not choose to hold that in my bare hand.
XLREIGHT
We need nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
AveragegamerdudeBANNED1
Ashketmeoutside
Start human trails
freedomslave
I teach Infectious diseases... this is nothing. But thanks for the post, I love these, so thanks! Happy Summer!
thebestsquishy
You said that so nonchalantly! WHAT DO YOU KNOW!?!
IDGAFtheApathetic
+1 For giant ball of fuck that
spamsmells
Hes going to be ok right?
Panda4hire
CLICKERS
Grubenwolf
Why would you even touch that shit. This is exactly how the zombie apocalypse happens.
oldandcreepy1
Uh..does someone wanna stick their dick in it yet??
Jimdan
It's the gotdang flood
useless3y3s
Watch or read The Girl with all the Gifts, a type of this fungus causes a zombie apocalypse.
customcartoons
Love it for the title alone!
virgil592
Parasect, The Mushroom Pokemon: A mushroom grown larger than the host's body controls Parasect. It scatters poisonous spores.
IcyLucario
MrSpeedycola
The gap from insects and hominids are too big of a gap for Cordyceps to jump to, there are dozens of unique strains for each bug species 1/2
MrSpeedycola
Cordyceps only affect their targeted species, so unless they make a human strain of Cordyceps in a lab somewhere, you shouldn't worry.
madmardagan
Here is a book you should not read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ruins_(novel)
icookfoodandfightfire
also you shouldnt play The Last of Us
Badbadger1
Try this one for a more Cordyceps specific storyline https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_All_the_Gifts_(film)
thebestsquishy
I've read it! Also seen the movie, but just like in every other instance (except forest gump) the book was better
MrOni
Book was beyond better. Movie fucking blew
madmardagan
Fight Club is also a notable exception to the rule.
thebestsquishy
Noted. Thank you, that one was on my list, I will remove it
Greymizz
Sooo; is it edible?
LetMeGoogleThatShtForYou
its pretty expensive, harbor your own legion of zombies and make some cash!
chromeliger
Yes, actually. Supposedly rather tast
chromeliger
Tasty*
rbdj
It's considered a delicacy: https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cordyceps-wholesale.html
ArtOzz
Try and find out. In a deep hole somewhere which can be air confined and filled with concrete if necessary.
biggusdickkus
Exactly.... someone should eat it.
DontLookBackInAnger
Probably at least once!
perfecteye18
New favorite response
SneakyHobbitsis
Ask Gwyneth Paltrow
biggusdickkus
Reply.... please.... what does this mean????
FeathersPryx
Shes a nutcase who believes in vagina stones and weird pseudoscience homeopathic hippy shit
IWillFigureOutAWittyNameLater
Yes! It's used in Chinese medicine. Colloquially known as Himalayan viagra, it is a vaso-diliator, though I didn't notice much...
TheRicM
You tried it?
IWillFigureOutAWittyNameLater
yarp. Not much flavor to it. Had it both plain and soaked in local rice wine. Gave it to my family and some couples for Christmas one year
TheRicM
Ah I see. I thought it was mainly used for sports supplement enhancement etc
Johnsky
D-do some of them make clicking noises?
icookfoodandfightfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDMlxV7Y9k
rylecx
yeah thats where the species in the game came from
Chocolatecoveredmoose
DemDittiesDoe9000
No. Only high pitch screams of the dead before they launch at your face
Mewmus
iunderstoodthatrefererene.lastofus
kenam911
Yes, this is where the inspiration for Last of Us came from.
Rifneno
1-I just wish that people would understand it's NOT a realistic plot. The difference between controlling a species that's not even sentient
kenam911
I mean yeah, it's sci-fi. They take liberties.
Rifneno
2-and a species that's sapient is... it's like assuming you can fly an F-22 because you can make a paper airplane. No, the fungus can't
NoOneKnowsImLying
Do people actually believe that? I don't think they do... It's just fun to pretend.
Rifneno
There's people who think the Earth is flat and the moon landing is fake.
Rifneno
3-evolve to affect humans. If they had 50 million years of evolution to work on it, MAYBE. *MAYBE*.
TemporaryUzername
sounds like something a fungus brained person would say...
toothpastepride
But it makes for one hell of a video game though
DarkBusterBaron
And octopuses would have wiped out the human race a lot earlier than 50 million years.
corbinism
You are not wrong
Rifneno
ThatMomentWhenTheUsernamesPerfectlyDescribeWhatYouNeed
Yes actually there's a species in South East Asia that causes its victims to make constant clicking sound before cannibalizing 1/2
ThatMomentWhenTheUsernamesPerfectlyDescribeWhatYouNeed
one of their own. They're also transferred through blood and live in saliva so that's how the fungus chooses to spread. Fascinating! 2/2
Dreadric
NotSoSubtleCallidusAssasin
I NEED EXTERMINATUS NOW!
thebestsquishy
You misspelled the word 'terrifying'
OshyuOshyu18
But to be fair it is pretty cool.
MagnusTheRedCyclops
So basically...
IHaveAMemeForThis
DoomSkuller
SneakEFoxxe
I'm about 80% sure you're fucking with us. However, the remaining 20% is freaking me out.
Rifneno
If he means insects, it might be true. It can't control intelligent animals though.
Kenblu24
so we're fucked