@natgeo: Yes, the Cordyceps fungus is real—and it can destroy entire insect colonies. 😵‍💫 #NatGeoTikTok

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Friday 10 February 2023 18:22:11 GMT
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ayeet_cervz
Ayet Reece :
The Last of Ants
2023-02-12 00:06:45
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adesiena2
Aidan DeSiena :
It’s genuinely sad how many people don’t realize the last of us is as scientifically accurate as we’re getting to zombies
2023-02-17 15:49:40
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donutzonyt
secret :
it won't happen to humans our body temperature is to high for cordyceps
2023-02-16 17:23:58
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damonlee06
Song Fong :
pretty sure in some countries they already tried to weaponized cordyceps through DNA mutations
2023-02-16 11:09:18
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ashley619a
Ashley Nazareth :
ughh this is the intro to the Last of us 😳
2023-02-10 19:16:59
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fede.sandford
Fede (Sandford's version) :
gently reminder that the cordyceps takes over the muscles, not the brain. so the ant is fully conscious of everything the fungi makes it do
2023-02-16 22:00:12
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mattsumm1
mattsumm :
if it evolves yes... in my lifetime not yet...
2023-02-16 10:13:15
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peggingmothman420
Your Neighborhood Cryptid :
When The Last of Us game came out it took me years to eat mushrooms because of it. Thanks to the show and this I may never eat them again. 🧟‍♀️🍄
2023-02-11 04:32:28
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laurabk2004
laurak2004 :
I’m heartbroken for the caterpillar that never got to become a butterfly. 😭😭😭
2023-02-15 08:25:11
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starscourge..radahn
Whimsical wizard :
And if the temperature were to get just a little bit warmer…
2023-02-16 21:46:32
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aime_black35
aime_black :
Last of us COULD actually happen tho, thanks to global warming. Usually, the cordyceps can't survive in our body cus the temperature of our body is -
2023-02-18 02:11:57
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imnotweirdimlefthanded
imnotweird-imlefthanded :
fun fact: cordyceps are good for you and used in some medicines and health supplements
2023-02-18 02:22:57
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paynehunna_23
Hunna23 :
This could actually happen. Due to the rise of global temperatures, fungi like cordyceps could evolve to withstand higher temperatures
2023-02-16 15:44:57
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solarfinch
Solar Finch :
If the world keeps getting warmer this fungus could adapt to live in warmer hosts meaning yes it could one day take us over
2023-02-17 16:36:21
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laxbank
laxbank :
I’m taking cordyceps
2023-02-12 06:34:46
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mr._tabemonoo
Jackie :
if it were to happen, it would take years and years for the fungus to evolve to that point
2023-02-16 14:38:35
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anomaly113
Jill Traver :
Too cold here for that, right? Right?😳
2023-02-11 23:01:03
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everchangin
everchangin :
why did you pick this music though 😬😬😬😬😬 😂
2023-02-10 18:39:00
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_rockintheroad_
Raquel Gastelum :
How scary! It helped me a lot to learn that cordyceps is available as a health supplement for humans, like lion's mane, etc. Cured my anxieties, ha!
2023-02-18 20:23:13
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leocam310
leocam310 :
THE LAST OF US 🧟‍♂️
2023-02-17 04:15:05
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dustfuckshiggy
wasp shed :
I made a book off this, a modified versio of orphiocordyceps unilateris caused the apocalypse lol
2023-02-18 16:19:31
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ewanpn_
ewanpn_ :
but what if, for instance, the earth were to get slightly warmer........
2023-02-17 18:28:54
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fawn1270
Fawn1270 :
I’m shocked that so many people are only learning about this now that TLOU is out… me at 7 watching planet earth was shook
2023-02-18 12:57:07
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sandiegozoo
San Diego Zoo :
Spoopy
2023-02-16 00:33:56
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