Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸Feb 22, 2023
Fungi can't make people into zombies like some shrooms do with ants. But between a warming climate and decreasing human body temperature... Well, be very afraid.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fungi-humans-zombies-last-of-us-science
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Fungi don’t turn humans into zombies. But The Last of Us gets some science right

Fungi like those in the post-apocalyptic TV show are real. But humans’ body temperature and brain chemistry may protect us from zombifying fungi.

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@rnf My understanding is that there are many ways of altering human behavior. Cats may spread viruses which alter human behavior to show affection. We're scratching the surface of this.
Feb 22, 2023 at 5:35amWeb