@warbossmadsam: Orkology Video 17 We're diving into one of the secrets of Ork biology in Warhammer 40k: reproduction. Orks don't have families, raise children, or rebuild their numbers the way humans do. They spread through spores, turning every battlefield into the potential birthplace of the next WAAAGH. In this episode, I break down the fungal science behind Ork reproduction, comparing it to real-world mushrooms and mycelial networks, and the staggering number of spores released by fungi every day. From squigs and grots to full-grown Boyz, we'll explore why a single Ork invasion can contaminate an entire planet and why, in the grim darkness of the far future, you don't truly defeat Orks, you merely delay the next generation. #Warhammer40k #Orks #Lore #Warhammer #warhammercommunity

D3DSH0T TABLET0P :

Yes do tell more…..

D. A. (Dae) 🏳️‍⚧️ :

I thought orcs only spored when thry die, did they change that?

Hayes Grey :

Everytime I think of Orks being fungi I cant help but think of Cordyceps from "Last of Us"

GonzoTron :

I don't even play orks, but legit support the cause

BurtMcGurtMinis :

what's even more interesting to me than the fungal reproductive biology, is the biologically coevolved caste system of Squigs, Grots, and Orks.

Weezer66 :

One an ork touches a planet you have orks on that planet forever

DumBass22022 :

Sun never sets on the WAAAAAHHHGGG

Mathew Wolfe :

Wait, so you’re saying Orks are a fruit? 🍉 but, they’re also a fungus 🍄 but they’re also sentient 🧠 connected by a gestalt force ⚡️… does that mean a WAAAGH is an earthy fruit salad with pop rocks? 🤣🤣🤣

Billy Joe Weeks :

Being a plant type being has its advantages

mr.grym :

So the only way to truly defeat the orks on a planet is to send the planet to the local sun.

ImmortalKnowOne :

Okay, I love that the Boyz are just the fruiting body and the true organism is more vast and complicated. It keeps the psychic and gestalt connection, it keeps the knowledge. I love this! 🥰🥰🥰

tinkerboss_huk :

Orkology vidoz ar da best noize fer paintin

chizzii ork krok :

if the orks are these many in 41st millennia how many kroks were there during the war in heaven?

D&D noob :

circle of spores druid but spores are ork spores

Daniel McCoy :

A big question I have is, can the network tell where they need more orks, and then make more orks in that area? If so armageddon is screwed.

Zach :

We’z everywhere

Your Butthole :

Orks are kudzu.

BurtMcGurtMinis :

GrinnialVex :

Oh hey, Orks used to have babies! It was really silly, but their original lore had them growing baby pouches like marsupials when they got older, and retreating to the wilds to have them. The spore thing didn’t come about until Gorkamorka, which came out at the tail end of 2nd edition, so we had like a whole decade of baby-bearing Boyz before it was changed! 😁

tyranid_guy40k :

Nahhh nids are the most terrifying by far 🤔💥💥🥶😅😅

AstartesJustin :

lol...I got one for ya...ya think if an ork spores the ground and a guardsmen gets trench foot i.e. fungi infection of the toes...would orks grow out of his toes? Gives new meaning to "This little orky went to market"🤣🤣🤣

Murray :

I'm mostly a metal boyz player/lore goober, but I thought the field does weaken (but never disappears) when the boyz count gets low enough. Like I swear there was a story of a couple thousand feral orks on a world then a WAAHHH passed by and they jumped from squig drawn buggies to rockets without the waahhh ever landing because of the presence of more boyz .

Storm Sunfire :

Orks is tha bestest. We is ex… po… nen… shul. Datz it. Expo nenshul.

FrankDelgrosso :

I think I did a video about this before when I was like if you wanted to buy a engineer a weapon to fight back the tyranites and endless heart that consumes planets making The horde even larger how do you stop that like why it works want to fight so bad because that's the equivalent of their sex drive this is how they procreate. in death more orcs come forward that's how you stop to turn it high fleets but of course now you have a new problem

Broken Atlas :

"they plant seeds" my brain: "ahhh skeet skeet mf, ahhh skeet skeet gotdamn"