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  • Опубликовано: 9 май 2024
  • Something is growing inside that fruit fly in your kitchen. At dusk, the fly points its wings straight up and dies in a gruesome pose so that a fungus can ooze out and fire hundreds of reproductive spores.
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    00:00 Introduction
    00:22 Fruit Fly - Drosophila melanogaster
    00:35 Fruit Fly Ingests Spores
    01:00 Fruit Fly Behaves Erratically
    01:11 Summiting
    01:21 Fungus Takes Over The Fly's Mind
    01:38 Death Pose
    01:58 Entomophthora muscae, a.k.a. "The Fly Destroyer"
    02:09 Spore Launchers
    02:53 Secondary Spores
    03:11 How Does A Fungus Take Control Of A Brain?
    03:36 Can We Harness This Fungus For Our Benefit?
    Some of the scariest monsters are the ones that grow inside another being and take over its body. Think of the movie Alien, where the reptile-like space creature explodes out of its victim’s chest.
    That monster might be fictional, but scientists are studying a fungus that’s horrifyingly real - at least for the flies it invades, turns into a zombie-like state and kills in order to reproduce.
    “Oh, it’s a nightmare for the flies,” said entomologist Brad Mullens, who studied the fungus at the University of California, Riverside.
    The fungus is known by its scientific name, Entomophthora muscae, which means “fly destroyer.” It lives off houseflies and fruit flies, among others.
    “It’s a crazy system,” said Carolyn Elya, a biologist at Harvard. “The fungus only kills at dusk.”
    Like a killer puppeteer, the fungus follows a precise clock.
    At dusk on the fourth or fifth day after it picks up a fungal spore, an infected fruit fly stops flying. It starts behaving erratically, for example climbing up and down toothpicks that Elya puts into the vials where she keeps the infected insects.
    Then the fly climbs to the top of the toothpick, a behavior Elya and other scientists refer to as “summiting.”
    In an unusual twist, the fly then extends its mouthpart down, and some liquid drips out and glues the fly to the surface it’s standing on. Over the next 10 minutes, the fly’s wings ascend until they’re pointing upwards and it dies frozen in this lifelike pose.
    Soon after, white spongy fungus oozes out of its abdomen. This white goo is made up of hundreds of lollipop-shaped protrusions which each launch a microscopic bell-shaped spore at high speed. Now the spores just need to get into another fly to grow.
    --- Could this or a similar fungus “zombify” humans?
    “No, it's very unlikely,” Elya said. “We can control our bodily temperature to kill invaders.”
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Комментарии • 14 тыс.

  • @alexvasquez5053
    @alexvasquez5053 4 года назад +49217

    We had a HUGE boom of this in our backyard last year and I had no idea what it was and had to google it. Great video.

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH 4 года назад +4897

      ... ... ... *silent scream*

    • @darkabyss8066
      @darkabyss8066 4 года назад +4034

      if i were you, i already moved out from that place

    • @adrianortiz3751
      @adrianortiz3751 4 года назад +2644

      I hope you’re not related to a fly.

    • @illuzanaerenduill
      @illuzanaerenduill 4 года назад +2792

      I suggest you to nuke your backyard..

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 4 года назад +1394

      Alex Vasquez
      That’s not creepy...at all...*shudders*

  • @eliasalias7851
    @eliasalias7851 4 года назад +26876

    "The fungus can't hurt humans"
    Looks like it got her.

  • @maverickdarkrath4780
    @maverickdarkrath4780 4 года назад +45922

    "Cant hurt humans"
    That's exactly what a zombified fungus human would say

  • @ErhmJannickMansson
    @ErhmJannickMansson Год назад +2496

    What if, for instance, the world were to get slightly warmer?

    • @justdan9264
      @justdan9264 Год назад +271

      That opening alone scares me lol, which says a lot

    • @david29k11
      @david29k11 Год назад +98

      Ellie you are the cure!!

    • @aria_sheesh
      @aria_sheesh Год назад +42

      They can't live in higher temperatures

    • @user-cf2wv2sh1u
      @user-cf2wv2sh1u Год назад +12

      What happens then?

    • @justdan9264
      @justdan9264 Год назад +117

      @@aria_sheesh but let's say, it evolves the ability to withstand average human temperature.

  • @dannywang4543
    @dannywang4543 Год назад +143

    “Scientists have tried to harness its power for our own benefit!”
    Me: STOP

    • @prawnsquared
      @prawnsquared Год назад

      Hahaha

    • @rudetoy8264
      @rudetoy8264 Месяц назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @sonicgen20
      @sonicgen20 Месяц назад +2

      What if that’s how Last of us began. A experiment to make the cordyceps funguswprk for humans gone horribly wrong.

  • @ZecharyK
    @ZecharyK 3 года назад +4384

    0:30 flies don't "innocently walk around"
    I've seen them menacingly rub their hands together.
    They're up to something. Something sinister.

    • @lk4543
      @lk4543 3 года назад +90

      😂😂😂

    • @privaterizk4936
      @privaterizk4936 3 года назад +29

      @@She.Reveals
      *dying

    • @nc8676
      @nc8676 3 года назад +47

      Yes even when their on your food

    • @Leodoll85
      @Leodoll85 3 года назад +41

      when flies rub their limbs, they release, SPIT

    • @plokijum
      @plokijum 3 года назад +17

      No flies are innocent

  • @cloroxbleach7554
    @cloroxbleach7554 4 года назад +7933

    Everybody gangsta til a mad scientist gets his hands on this fungus.

    • @alloutbrawlentertainment5968
      @alloutbrawlentertainment5968 4 года назад +45

      Me Rubbing My Hands Like Birdman Right About Now: Muhahahahaa!

    • @RodrigoMera
      @RodrigoMera 4 года назад +185

      More like the USA military research dept.

    • @MusaDays808
      @MusaDays808 4 года назад +44

      Yes! I Did It Again!
      "Mmmmmmmooooojoojoojooooooooo..." 🤪

    • @metastatic746
      @metastatic746 4 года назад +30

      The AI implanted humans will prove superior to the fungus infected humans.

    • @k.c4178
      @k.c4178 4 года назад +6

      Ordering in bulk rn

  • @Noideabb
    @Noideabb Год назад +143

    This is literally the storyline for the last of us

  • @mitchellkalina8191
    @mitchellkalina8191 Год назад +87

    It's scary how similar this is to the cordyceps fungus yet it's a different organism. Fungi are masters of zombie-like mind control.

    • @n_adoui
      @n_adoui 9 месяцев назад

      it's very scary that many species besides fungus are capable of "mind control", even some bacteria like toxoplasma and some worms like the green-banded specialising in snails !!

  • @moonlight3581
    @moonlight3581 3 года назад +9613

    The way she said "oh and they don't hurt humans" made me think she was gonna say 'not yet' and start evil laughing

  • @AlexanderWeaton
    @AlexanderWeaton 2 года назад +4131

    "The fungus can't hurt humans"
    ...Yet...

  • @magicbrian4928
    @magicbrian4928 Год назад +4

    "Scientists have tried to harness it's power to our benefit" has to be the scariest sentence in this video. Do they not realize that's ALWAYS HOW IT STARTS IN THE MOVIES?!

  • @astonnoor
    @astonnoor Год назад +16

    Fungus can't hurt humans.
    She later: Bomb the city.

  • @siddharthnair5228
    @siddharthnair5228 4 года назад +2662

    "the fungus can't hurt humans"
    Man that's how every f***ing zombie movie starts

    • @muntubol4282
      @muntubol4282 4 года назад +10

      Zombies aren't real?

    • @blackflag666
      @blackflag666 4 года назад +14

      only delusional kunts think "zombie apocalypse can happen" there ain't no such thing as zombies and it's impossible, never gonna happen :) 👈bitter fact for some reţařds who still think zombies could exist

    • @realgmm7877
      @realgmm7877 4 года назад +66

      @@muntubol4282
      Well, Magic Zombies or Fictional Zombies aren't real
      But Plague or Viral Zombies
      I say watch out

    • @Maldine03
      @Maldine03 4 года назад +9

      @@muntubol4282 yet...

    • @pu-FP
      @pu-FP 4 года назад +30

      *cough* *cough* The Last Of Us

  • @Music-xb2lx
    @Music-xb2lx 4 года назад +21356

    I hate when flies rub their hands together it’s like they’re plotting something.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 4 года назад +569

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @stephanietthompson2474
      @stephanietthompson2474 4 года назад +1265

      World domination!

    • @Dekross
      @Dekross 4 года назад +139

      Lol

    • @reva6331
      @reva6331 4 года назад +1124

      I know it’s a joke so don’t come at me, but they are actually cleaning themselves. They like touching us about as much as we like getting the yearly flu shot.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 4 года назад +291

      @@reva6331 I'm appreciative of your informative addition - Thanks💗

  • @element1192
    @element1192 Год назад +116

    It's actually really cool the way entomopathogenic fungi are being used. Batkoa major, a very similar fungus that infects spotted lantern flies, is being considered as a natural solution to their harmful impacts as an invasive species. Other fungi are used as natural insecticides in agriculture to reduce the use of toxic artificial ones!

    • @geronimo5537
      @geronimo5537 Месяц назад +2

      Ah yes, "Other fungi are used as natural insecticides in agriculture". The last of us fungal horror brought to reality as our needed solution.

  • @marcusbernar166
    @marcusbernar166 Год назад +27

    As soon as I heard that it's not lethal to humans I was so relieved for some reason

  • @robsyhood
    @robsyhood 4 года назад +3801

    "The wings shoots up"
    **scary sound effect**
    me: **literally pauses**

    • @X5ZDot
      @X5ZDot 4 года назад +64

      That scared me

    • @fleabaguette9699
      @fleabaguette9699 4 года назад +56

      Dang fungus, why you gotta be so scary?

    • @mileyrocks852
      @mileyrocks852 4 года назад +25

      Yeah... that was when I noped out

    • @skedaddledbraincell
      @skedaddledbraincell 4 года назад +30

      Me at 10:00 in the night: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THE WINGSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    • @Mylik__
      @Mylik__ 4 года назад +3

      Lol

  • @TrixieTheGreat
    @TrixieTheGreat 4 года назад +3750

    3:30 ...but don't worry. The fungus can't hurt humans. **long pause**
    I was waiting for "yet".

  • @classyrobot5648
    @classyrobot5648 Год назад +4

    Great sound design, editing and script. This was very well put together

  • @elizabethiloveelohim137
    @elizabethiloveelohim137 Год назад +2

    Beautiful wings. There I was like the little house on the prairie dancing through the countryside thinking everything was beautiful until I saw your videos and now I go through the fields hearing you

  • @vel9382
    @vel9382 4 года назад +2784

    "scientists have tried to harness it's power-"
    the beginning of every scifi horror movie ever

    • @aduts1177
      @aduts1177 4 года назад +29

      Well. It can be a pretty good movie.

    • @salt1069
      @salt1069 4 года назад +10

      "dont worry, it can't hurt us humans. Im not one of them"

    • @DailyDoseofSpace.
      @DailyDoseofSpace. 4 года назад +3

      It's a video game

    • @crashpal
      @crashpal 4 года назад +2

      @@DailyDoseofSpace. nope Chuck Testa

    • @morganbuhborgan730
      @morganbuhborgan730 4 года назад +2

      You want zombies? This is how you get zombies.

  • @murtazashajapurwala
    @murtazashajapurwala 3 года назад +7786

    "The fungus can't hurt humans"
    Literally the start of every zombie movie ever.

    • @sapphirec_5689
      @sapphirec_5689 3 года назад +93

      😭😭 fr but im scared now 😊

    • @delirious442
      @delirious442 3 года назад +37

      I hope this is a joke.

    • @murtazashajapurwala
      @murtazashajapurwala 3 года назад +96

      @@delirious442 Oh....Sadly No...I was serious...like dead serious

    • @hardstyle971
      @hardstyle971 3 года назад +41

      Maybe its mutating and we'll be Zombies

    • @o.v404
      @o.v404 3 года назад +19

      I hope this doesn't go true because I'm scared fr ngl

  • @mistersly5652
    @mistersly5652 Год назад +4

    "The fungus can't hurt humans..."
    Plot twist:
    "for now."

  • @crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600
    @crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600 Год назад +9

    I like how this is recommended back to me after I watched the Last of Us

  • @TCOphox
    @TCOphox 4 года назад +28267

    _THE WORST PART IS THAT THIS ISN'T CLICKBAIT_

    • @CinammoninitSitEmAminute
      @CinammoninitSitEmAminute 4 года назад +78

      T λ C O. phox how do ya know

    • @princesscelestia9664
      @princesscelestia9664 4 года назад +553

      Ii_Gacha_NoseyxX _iI well because clickbait is when you tubers use a fake picture to make you click. So this isn’t clickbait because they showed it in the video

    • @eliraeclipse2435
      @eliraeclipse2435 4 года назад +167

      @@CinammoninitSitEmAminute watch the video...

    • @imapigeonyoupeasant1489
      @imapigeonyoupeasant1489 4 года назад +32

      @@princesscelestia9664 That's not what clickbait is

    • @goldencoated_221
      @goldencoated_221 4 года назад +116

      I'm a pigeon, you peasant yes it is

  • @vonilla2947
    @vonilla2947 4 года назад +4678

    "The fungus can't hurt humans"
    Evolution: May I introduce myself

    • @daniellewilson8527
      @daniellewilson8527 4 года назад +80

      Vonilla I’m very curious if a fungus that controls the brains if insects could control other brains as well. I remember reading somewhere that members of Bilateria share similar chemicals in their nervous systems. I’d imagine they would have to develop resistance to the differing immune systems of the new host type to be able to attempt control, as well as trying to figure out how the new brain works

    • @InvalidUser_
      @InvalidUser_ 4 года назад +66

      @@daniellewilson8527 insect brains are very different to humans and even if it evolved it will never be able to do that to Humans

    • @slimeball4l540
      @slimeball4l540 4 года назад +9

      @@InvalidUser_ true are brains are the most advanced I think

    • @wewuzkangz3876
      @wewuzkangz3876 4 года назад +3

      E.G. CORONAVIRUS

    • @andrekerterso353
      @andrekerterso353 4 года назад +11

      @@InvalidUser_ human brain is too much complicated.

  • @marco8188
    @marco8188 Год назад +10

    The Last of Flies

  • @timmyj4468
    @timmyj4468 2 года назад +4415

    “Scientists have tried to harness its power for our benefits” ye well that’s how all zombie apocalypses start, with scientist.

    • @Kisha77720
      @Kisha77720 2 года назад +234

      Exactly! They will never figure it out… they just want to weaponize it and sell it to the highest bidder.

    • @CallMeWyvern
      @CallMeWyvern 2 года назад +141

      "for our BENEFITS"
      Yeah, right.

    • @jenniferloffler5109
      @jenniferloffler5109 2 года назад +19

      Resident evil

    • @mustachedtaco9999
      @mustachedtaco9999 2 года назад +27

      The last of us

    • @batman3875max
      @batman3875max 2 года назад +17

      the next thing you know, it's the last of us.

  • @kermitle
    @kermitle 4 года назад +3984

    “Can’t harm humans”
    Me: *still buys a flamethrower*

  • @OptimalOrange
    @OptimalOrange Год назад +29

    I can we just appreciate the effort it must of took to even capture this

  • @yasinhenfs4540
    @yasinhenfs4540 Год назад +8

    Dont worry, the fungus cant hurt humans.. it had no reason to adapt to higher temperatures yet

  • @UhgeneIgnorian
    @UhgeneIgnorian 4 года назад +3426

    "The fungus cant harm humans"
    Sounds like someone whose been taken over by a spore would say.

    • @truesoulghost2777
      @truesoulghost2777 4 года назад +33

      Lol

    • @a3g1s84
      @a3g1s84 4 года назад +14

      You do realize that this isn't the first time, There's already many Insects and many types of fungus that do this to Insects right?

    • @kentucky_ky_khicken
      @kentucky_ky_khicken 4 года назад +34

      a changed Unknown user 577 a joke, that was.

    • @CornFedZ06
      @CornFedZ06 4 года назад +10

      Man I really laughed at that 😅

    • @jazztries4715
      @jazztries4715 4 года назад

      Soumds like The guy who didn't like musical plotline

  • @supr3meaim_545
    @supr3meaim_545 3 года назад +3999

    “The fungus can’t hurt humans”
    2054: The Last Of Us Part III *real life edition*

    • @ndturtle5538
      @ndturtle5538 3 года назад +37

      More like 2020

    • @Goat.leomessi1097
      @Goat.leomessi1097 3 года назад +20

      Yeah Man THE LAST OF US IS THE BEST GAME OF MY LIFE

    • @Wilson-kt8or
      @Wilson-kt8or 3 года назад +25

      @@Goat.leomessi1097 laughs in muscle girl

    • @katakurisavage7191
      @katakurisavage7191 3 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @louisemmanuelroman3989
      @louisemmanuelroman3989 3 года назад +1

      If humans was effect of thing fung yes the last of us two survived the end of the world is in somewhere the future

  • @SirenCityAngel
    @SirenCityAngel Год назад +3

    0:35 looks like hes really enjoying that smoothie =3

  • @Inumakitoge99
    @Inumakitoge99 Год назад +10

    “But what if the earth were to get warmer…”

  • @joji7851
    @joji7851 2 года назад +3197

    In the future, someone is gonna come back to this video and say
    "Well this didn't age well"

    • @sidthemid_yt9123
      @sidthemid_yt9123 2 года назад +16

      Lol

    • @Isokatmydydecsf
      @Isokatmydydecsf 2 года назад +75

      Don't jinx it dude

    • @Sognafar
      @Sognafar 2 года назад +16

      Well at least in zombie movies people don't have decades of ya know, zombie movies.
      Aim for the head

    • @snowkitty1914
      @snowkitty1914 2 года назад +11

      @@Sognafar plot twist, we have to aim at the heart

    • @TheAudacity7927
      @TheAudacity7927 2 года назад +3

      if u want me to do it then sure

  • @salem2soon79
    @salem2soon79 3 года назад +2667

    Left side of my brain: ewww this is disgusting!
    Right side of my brain: INTERESTING!!!!

    • @priscillabanda3803
      @priscillabanda3803 3 года назад +11

      Oof it sounds like two headed which? 😞

    • @justpanky934
      @justpanky934 3 года назад +4

      @@priscillabanda3803 wdym

    • @justpanky934
      @justpanky934 3 года назад +6

      @@priscillabanda3803 if u dunno which side left is shape ur finger to L that's where left side is

    • @fatalbert2055
      @fatalbert2055 3 года назад +3

      It should be the other way around but whatever

    • @lorenasun9838
      @lorenasun9838 3 года назад +1

      So true

  • @IncredibleRob101
    @IncredibleRob101 Год назад +4

    "But what if, for instance, the world would be to become slightly warmer? Well there is reason for Fungi to evolve"

  • @MEIKOlover9000
    @MEIKOlover9000 9 месяцев назад

    I used to have a different RUclips account that I had to delete because of technical difficulties. I am so glad I found you again after I lost that account

  • @amiirii
    @amiirii 4 года назад +1497

    Fungus taking over the Fly
    Fly's Consciousness:
    "Aight' imma head out"

    • @MiniNinja258
      @MiniNinja258 4 года назад +13

      That’s the life of every bug. They hang out for a couple days then they say to their friends okay guys time for me to die goodbye goodluck to you for a few days!

  • @KoeSeer
    @KoeSeer 4 года назад +2540

    "scientists have tried to harness it's power"
    Why do I hear The Last of Us theme song?

    • @ilovesesshomarusama716
      @ilovesesshomarusama716 4 года назад +52

      KoeSeer yeah that’s kinda scary

    • @annetteespinoza842
      @annetteespinoza842 4 года назад +43

      KoeSeer mess with nature and it will find a way to mess with hou

    • @starvoltnexus3139
      @starvoltnexus3139 4 года назад +22

      KoeSeer Because we shouldn’t be trying this until technology is so advanced it’s not even funny

    • @musicman1989
      @musicman1989 4 года назад +12

      Why do we have the same profile picture?

    • @mafic3351
      @mafic3351 4 года назад +12

      *Laughs in Clicker*

  • @Vreazy
    @Vreazy Год назад +3

    "What if, for instance the world were to get slightly warmer"

  • @riazijabar5296
    @riazijabar5296 Год назад +2

    This is the moment when i realize that my enemy's enemy is my friend.
    Unless that enemy's enemy also kills me.

  • @misstinapay
    @misstinapay 4 года назад +2000

    "The fungus can't hurt humans"
    *Yep she's infected*

  • @MsScarletwings
    @MsScarletwings 4 года назад +2888

    “Don’t worry it can’t hurt humans”
    *Laughs in Clicker*

    • @somedude2151
      @somedude2151 4 года назад +109

      Wait ‘til the flies turn into Bloaters

    • @mynameismarc7305
      @mynameismarc7305 4 года назад +14

      Good one😂😂

    • @annetteespinoza842
      @annetteespinoza842 4 года назад +1

      Scarlet wings lol

    • @hitomipuff3605
      @hitomipuff3605 4 года назад +1

      Im surprised that lot of geeks get the joke on this random channel..

    • @dinorager1
      @dinorager1 4 года назад +3

      Anyone hyped for The Last Of Us 2?

  • @datdudeinred
    @datdudeinred Год назад +3

    "But don't worry fungus can't harm humans YET"

  • @deathbunny748
    @deathbunny748 Год назад +1

    What if our BRAINS are fungus just controling us-- we... Uh ... Um... Nevermind...

    • @foppypoof5195
      @foppypoof5195 Год назад

      We ARE our brains. When you refer to your brain, you are referring to yourself. The human brain is self aware.

  • @deedevon7468
    @deedevon7468 3 года назад +2084

    “The fungus can’t hurt humans”
    “Life, uh, finds a way”

    • @azridanalam4951
      @azridanalam4951 3 года назад +9

      hello my friend from Indonesia ...

    • @tawain2360
      @tawain2360 3 года назад +24

      Ayy Jurassic Park reference

    • @jr04sleepyyt
      @jr04sleepyyt 3 года назад +3

      Corona then zombies I swearrrrr

    • @fastnsexy
      @fastnsexy 3 года назад +5

      Dr. Ian Malcolm

    • @doomslayer571
      @doomslayer571 3 года назад +9

      2020: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

  • @AngieAJ
    @AngieAJ 3 года назад +14461

    Jokes aside, this is actually terrifying.

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 3 года назад +406

      Even using it to kill files seems cruel mind controlling yes a fly is not as self aware as large animals still fells wrong

    • @JoshuaGames4076
      @JoshuaGames4076 3 года назад +133

      May the LORD GOD Almighty have mercy on us in JESUS CHRIST might name !

    • @sunflowerplays5730
      @sunflowerplays5730 3 года назад +190

      Thats what they get for landing on my face when its midnight

    • @JoshuaGames4076
      @JoshuaGames4076 3 года назад +14

      @@sunflowerplays5730 lol 😂

    • @Beans-lp9wm
      @Beans-lp9wm 3 года назад +61

      @@daraghokane4236 I mean flies do kill millions of people each year as bad as it sounds flies our helping us control population we are not gonna be able to colonize another planet anytime soon and if we overpopulate the planet only bad can happen

  • @GabGotti3
    @GabGotti3 Год назад +5

    You’re hear because the Last of Us right?

  • @seanshayneshawnm6996
    @seanshayneshawnm6996 Год назад +5

    2:30 shooting spore and bullet hit looks like star

  • @potatopatata1511
    @potatopatata1511 4 года назад +2479

    "Don't worry they can't hurt humans"
    Yet...

    • @jacoblandfield2526
      @jacoblandfield2526 4 года назад +61

      Lauren: "We are trying to make this work in our houses and farms."
      Second narrator: "Luckily, it didn't."

    • @MiniNinja258
      @MiniNinja258 4 года назад +34

      Meanwhile an evil scientist is working on one that will affect humans....and meanwhile another innocent scientist accidentally created one....

    • @natsueyama
      @natsueyama 4 года назад +5

      (⊙_◎)

    • @vncatechinfo9798
      @vncatechinfo9798 4 года назад +7

      Lol human's immune has developed over decades to not be infected by fungus. You can see fungus every where you are even in your house your leftover food bla bla don't worry kid the video is true. Fungus can do nothing to our human's immune

    • @Tako-
      @Tako- 4 года назад +3

      @@vncatechinfo9798 so you're saying we're immune to all fungus? If yes, you're wrong

  • @jujumoe211
    @jujumoe211 3 года назад +1806

    "Don't worry the fungus can't hurt humans"
    *what's that clicking noise?*

    • @gergopiroska1943
      @gergopiroska1943 3 года назад +44

      *Sad Bloater noises*

    • @danminstell5287
      @danminstell5287 3 года назад +15

      Happy clicker noises

    • @proatbeingnub9945
      @proatbeingnub9945 3 года назад +11

      Those clicking noises is someone playing an extreme demon in gd

    • @amiruliman5
      @amiruliman5 3 года назад +2

      @@proatbeingnub9945 npesta

    • @Garry503
      @Garry503 3 года назад +16

      Last of us 1 is better than last of us 2.

  • @MLQ45
    @MLQ45 Год назад +3

    You sure these fungus is harmless to humans until it evolves.

  • @MrDeltoric
    @MrDeltoric Год назад +4

    ***The Last of Us Intro Intensifies***

  • @RubyGonzalez2018
    @RubyGonzalez2018 Год назад +5

    What amazing footage! The quality of this video is superior. Thank you for doing what you do 🪰🦠

  • @sinnbadd278
    @sinnbadd278 Год назад +3

    This popped up in my recommendations as soon as I watched “The Last of Us” 😂

  • @XitachiRNA
    @XitachiRNA Год назад +3

    “Scientists have tried to harness their power for our benefit “
    Yeahhhh this might be the beginning of the last of us

  • @bvnny1379
    @bvnny1379 4 года назад +2293

    I swear, if a zombie apocalypse happens, I'm blaming y'all.

    • @DinaraAMVS
      @DinaraAMVS 4 года назад +28

      Shes just a friend

    • @crystalcomyet2330
      @crystalcomyet2330 4 года назад +4

      @@DinaraAMVS sNiff

    • @notsoawesomesauce-6551
      @notsoawesomesauce-6551 4 года назад +2

      Hxney Studioss yep

    • @Spokentruths725
      @Spokentruths725 4 года назад +20

      Years ago my dad told me those movies are based on true events and the government just didn’t release it yet. I suggest we all just stay ready lol

    • @Doras_Backpack
      @Doras_Backpack 4 года назад +1

      Seems fair

  • @S31Syntax
    @S31Syntax 4 года назад +1478

    "Can't harm humans"
    ...YET

    • @springingsometraps9036
      @springingsometraps9036 4 года назад +35

      Enter the last of us joke

    • @tebasnineone
      @tebasnineone 4 года назад +3

      hmm...
      HMM!!

    • @valeniusthekat
      @valeniusthekat 4 года назад +7

      I had that same exact thought 😂👍

    • @joshmaster2198
      @joshmaster2198 4 года назад

      🙄

    • @Dinoman972
      @Dinoman972 4 года назад +4

      Wouldn't be too practical for humans to be infected, though. The process literally involves making the host climb up a high spot to die, who's not gonna notice that?

  • @amed-4505
    @amed-4505 11 месяцев назад

    What is that professional channel! Thank you so much

  • @ChitrakarD
    @ChitrakarD Год назад +3

    After the release of HBO's Last of Us TV series. RUclips recommended this to me. Now the Last of Us Zombies makes sense.

  • @diobrando9324
    @diobrando9324 4 года назад +751

    Fly:
    Fungus: *HIPPITY HOPPITY YOUR BODY IS NOW MY PROPERTY*

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 3 года назад +3042

    "The fungus can't hurt humans."
    *Me:* "Whew. Thank goodne-"
    "...Scientists are trying to make use of the fungus for our own good..."
    *Me:* _immediately starts hoarding bricks_

    • @AchmadBadra
      @AchmadBadra 3 года назад +32

      Cmon fungus is help us to produce antibiotic too.

    • @purpleemerald5299
      @purpleemerald5299 3 года назад +367

      Don’t worry. Fungus can’t hijack the minds of humans. I should know. I’m a perfectly normal unconverted human. There is no fungus inside of me. I don’t even know what fungus is. Nothing is wrong with me. Nothing is wrong with anyone. I am okay. Please consume more mushrooms. Mushrooms are good. Fungus is good. Open your mind. Expand your mind. Connect your mind. Join us. Become one with us. Forget your troubles. Know only the pleasure of assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Assimilation. Become a normal human like me. Normal. Join us. Fungus. Good. Join. Join. Join. Joan.; jeon.3 ijsn. Ejako’ dnsn’dna!/ Irer;; snaiw si,!!j92 94’ &.’S

    • @tris4467
      @tris4467 3 года назад +67

      The infection already started!

    • @tris4467
      @tris4467 3 года назад +59

      *starts running*NEVER

    • @SM-yb7nt
      @SM-yb7nt 3 года назад +16

      Why are you here too!!!!!!

  • @tst420
    @tst420 4 месяца назад +3

    "Dont worry, the fungus cant hurt humans... yet."
    *Last of us theme intensifies*

  • @stephansteohanlarsen7457
    @stephansteohanlarsen7457 Год назад +2

    I ain't magic mushrooms and it definitely took control of my mind

  • @Zyphernetic
    @Zyphernetic 2 года назад +8719

    "Scientists have tried to harness its power for our benefit."
    Oh good god that phrase alone did not make me feel better

    • @angrydragon4574
      @angrydragon4574 2 года назад +484

      That's because you know they're planning on trying to use it against us. Let's hope to god they never will.

    • @Zyphernetic
      @Zyphernetic 2 года назад +373

      Brain jacking fungus spores. Yep. The future is looking very bleak if any man harnesses its "power".

    • @angrydragon4574
      @angrydragon4574 2 года назад +43

      @@Zyphernetic Fortunately it looks like that's not going to happen.

    • @ishouldntsayit
      @ishouldntsayit 2 года назад +16

      Imagine how many other viruses and fungus that are out there? This is child's play to these scientists.

    • @firstaidsack
      @firstaidsack 2 года назад +116

      ​@@angrydragon4574
      Did you ever talk to real scientists? They're people, you know?

  • @KoeSeer
    @KoeSeer 4 года назад +2550

    “The fungus can’t harm humans”
    Joel and Elli: yea, sure.

    • @luzzbightyear2126
      @luzzbightyear2126 4 года назад +6

      I don't get it

    • @thewalkingbread706
      @thewalkingbread706 4 года назад +29

      Luzz Bightyear look up The Last of Us

    • @djextinct5945
      @djextinct5945 4 года назад +38

      Luzz Bightyear it’s what the game The Last Of Us is based off of its a zombie game basically cordyceps evolved to infect humans

    • @9k011
      @9k011 4 года назад +6

      @@luzzbightyear2126 it is The Last of us, the fungi is real and evolved to infect us humans.

    • @helloimsothai
      @helloimsothai 4 года назад +10

      Ellie* u fake fan

  • @kwonderfulness
    @kwonderfulness Год назад +4

    yt recommended this video just after watching the latest ep of the last of us

  • @DeeTube691
    @DeeTube691 Год назад +4

    So like videos like this have been coming up for me ever since the Last of Us came out… anyone else eerily in the same boat? 😂

  • @aricre8886
    @aricre8886 4 года назад +1754

    “Don’t worry, the fungus can’t hurt humans”
    YET

    • @MiloGodzilla
      @MiloGodzilla 4 года назад +8

      @@inactive3772 ohh heck no

    • @aricre8886
      @aricre8886 4 года назад +1

      Tem me when this pandemy starts do I can create a the last of us playlist

    • @feelings5388
      @feelings5388 4 года назад

      Foreal

    • @eddymazzo7777
      @eddymazzo7777 4 года назад

      @@inactive3772 😁

    • @gabrielchanel4448
      @gabrielchanel4448 4 года назад

      human immune system isnt ready...
      *YEET*

  • @rigormortiz9114
    @rigormortiz9114 4 года назад +1819

    "the fungus cant harm humans"
    Few minutes later
    Narrator : "S.T.A.R.S"

  • @realmenarzo7720
    @realmenarzo7720 Год назад +2

    Thank you for informative content 🙏

  • @sawdust8691
    @sawdust8691 2 года назад +14295

    Just a calm relaxed explanation of the most horrific and nightmarish thing imaginable.

    • @act2wasstronger182
      @act2wasstronger182 2 года назад +156

      Kinda like 'Last of Us'

    • @ladybug4885
      @ladybug4885 2 года назад +15

      True indeed

    • @Krushak8888
      @Krushak8888 2 года назад +96

      @@act2wasstronger182 it was based on this spore.

    • @vitalygoji2257
      @vitalygoji2257 2 года назад +6

      It is description of your television. You buy it and soon after you are Darvin fan or Einstein or both and don't mind to "pay more taxes"

    • @gregfelix202
      @gregfelix202 2 года назад +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jackburns6403
    @jackburns6403 3 года назад +3108

    "FINALLY WE HAVE CONTROL OF A SUPERIOR SPECIES! WHAT DO WE DO??"
    "kill it lol"

    • @harshraj2360
      @harshraj2360 3 года назад +24

      😂

    • @anapaola7241
      @anapaola7241 3 года назад +41

      Wish they gave superpowers in a simbiotic way

    • @ArchangelExile
      @ArchangelExile 3 года назад +7

      🤨

    • @jackburns6403
      @jackburns6403 3 года назад +46

      @@anapaola7241 Maybe in a few million years, evolution will give us spiderman 3 in real life

    • @elif6908
      @elif6908 3 года назад +5

      ‘Superior’ lol 😂 you don’t understand both biology and evolution

  • @LN_P
    @LN_P Год назад +4

    The fact that it has evolved to create a *second spore* makes me wonder how humans survived this long

  • @brian----
    @brian---- 4 года назад +581

    "Don't worry, it can't harm humans"
    Government: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

  • @smarttv8068
    @smarttv8068 4 года назад +683

    “can’t harm humans”
    **laughs in flamethrower**

    • @thelogicdefier4630
      @thelogicdefier4630 4 года назад +12

      Laughs in Tf2 pyro

    • @yourdailydoseofanxiety7489
      @yourdailydoseofanxiety7489 4 года назад +11

      *Nevous Laughter*

    • @CHFOP-ik1vs
      @CHFOP-ik1vs 4 года назад +6

      @@thelogicdefier4630 I fear no man, but that thing! It scares me

    • @keeganash2
      @keeganash2 3 года назад +3

      @@thelogicdefier4630 *HUDDA HADDU HA*

    • @asussybaka661
      @asussybaka661 3 года назад

      Laughs in beggars’s bazooka with max reload speed and clip size in MVM

  • @coby2619
    @coby2619 Год назад +7

    They should make a videogame about this

    • @tarrdani6326
      @tarrdani6326 Год назад +1

      The Last of Us

    • @sunnysonker5380
      @sunnysonker5380 Год назад +1

      There is a video game and a ongoing series regarding this the name is the last of us

  • @CAPPEYHEEL
    @CAPPEYHEEL 4 года назад +1072

    "The fungus cant hurt humans"
    Everyone(including you): *y e t*

    • @maryjoygelizon4268
      @maryjoygelizon4268 4 года назад +11

      Dont worry humans will be extinct long before this thing evolves to garm humans

    • @CAPPEYHEEL
      @CAPPEYHEEL 4 года назад +1

      @@maryjoygelizon4268 yeah you're right afterall

    • @jimb.7523
      @jimb.7523 4 года назад +15

      I'll let you know if I see any people trying to climb fence poles and putting their arms in an unnatural upright position.

    • @primetime0144
      @primetime0144 4 года назад

      so accurate

    • @vaishnavibhavya3439
      @vaishnavibhavya3439 4 года назад +1

      I swear I said this out loud too omfggg

  • @87randomnames
    @87randomnames 4 года назад +645

    “Don’t worry, it can’t hurt humans”
    That’s just what the spores want you to think.
    Happy Halloween folks.

  • @NMH2007
    @NMH2007 Год назад

    this would make a really good plot to a movie! I’m surprised no one has used the concept of coryceps and a idea in the media!!!

  • @KD-sz5bx
    @KD-sz5bx 2 года назад +3569

    I can’t watch a video for a class assignment without getting bored and yet I can watch something that’s irrelevant to anything in my studies and be fascinated by it.

    • @mistermiyagi6073
      @mistermiyagi6073 2 года назад +20

      drop out of university man teach yourself

    • @KD-sz5bx
      @KD-sz5bx 2 года назад +75

      @@mistermiyagi6073 Aren’t you dead?

    • @philosop.HER_
      @philosop.HER_ 2 года назад +42

      Studying the wrong subject?

    • @mysteryyyy
      @mysteryyyy 2 года назад +6

      Same dude...

    • @lelexx4493
      @lelexx4493 2 года назад +7

      Same everything else but studying 😵‍💫😵‍💫

  • @saltycloud6009
    @saltycloud6009 3 года назад +587

    “Don’t worry, the fungus can’t hurt humans”
    2020: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

    • @orangutan4919
      @orangutan4919 3 года назад +2

      Corona is a virus the zombie fly fungus is a fungus a lot of these comments are dum people that think corona is a zombie fungus it’s not

    • @kpina9178
      @kpina9178 3 года назад +11

      @@orangutan4919
      Calm down, we'll get to it.
      We still have a couple of months before 2020's end!

    • @ru3674
      @ru3674 3 года назад

      Lol

    • @utu_be
      @utu_be 3 года назад

      YOU COPIED BOIII

    • @enderdragoness546
      @enderdragoness546 3 года назад

      @The Gaming Pizza
      r/whoooosh

  • @FreemanicParacusia
    @FreemanicParacusia Год назад

    I love how every video remotely close to this subject is getting a boost from that TV show

  • @itscarissaa3396
    @itscarissaa3396 Год назад +2

    now that they made a live action The Last of Us i’m getting so many recommendations of these type of videos… i’m not mad about it tho

  • @dumbfridge7576
    @dumbfridge7576 4 года назад +1073

    “can’t harm humans”
    the last of us: *aight bet*

    • @prg2812
      @prg2812 4 года назад +6

      The fungus forces the narrator to croak the last word in every sentence.

    • @alessandronavarra8562
      @alessandronavarra8562 4 года назад +6

      Fungus face in that moment:
      (⌐■ ͜ʖ■)

    • @chickenbreasts5543
      @chickenbreasts5543 4 года назад +1

      I really wanna like but u got 420 likes and I’m not gonna ruin it

    • @yanychandresh1689
      @yanychandresh1689 4 года назад

      Yep just what i was thinking of😂

    • @ezranian
      @ezranian 4 года назад +1

      The Last of Us is actually based on cordyceps, but I’d love to see something based on this fungus!

  • @Whfox
    @Whfox 4 года назад +5247

    We need something like this against mosquitoes.

    • @leannepaxton5012
      @leannepaxton5012 4 года назад +467

      White Fox , YES!
      If only this fungus could adapt to mosquitoes, it would be a game changer!
      Mosquitoes kill more humans than any other creature/animal in the world.
      This is what scientists need to be working on!

    • @lubv3965
      @lubv3965 4 года назад +101

      Don't worry, we already got dubstep for that.

    • @re-blitz
      @re-blitz 4 года назад +161

      But what if it injects it into humans? Then what would happen

    • @Whfox
      @Whfox 4 года назад +323

      @@re-blitz These kind of fungus can only infect the hosts they evolved for (insect species). They are not capable of attacking mammals so your inmune system would get rid of it.

    • @ambujarajan
      @ambujarajan 4 года назад +17

      @@Whfox not exactly.it can sometimes..

  • @KingDavid071
    @KingDavid071 Год назад +1

    "Good luck, 47. I will leave you to prepare."

  • @dand7763
    @dand7763 Год назад +3

    3:31
    IRONIC... The Last Of US (TV series) sent me here...

  • @fareefta7230
    @fareefta7230 2 года назад +2837

    "Don't worry, the fungus can't hurt humans"
    Been waiting to hear that line or I couldn't properly sleep at night

    • @sterling.3745
      @sterling.3745 2 года назад +86

      Not yet

    • @connorduncan8359
      @connorduncan8359 2 года назад +53

      Tbh honest I'm not worried about it harming us I'm worried about the zombie flies hurting us

    • @poetaPar
      @poetaPar 2 года назад +41

      @@connorduncan8359 I'm worried they'd jump into my mouth while sleeping

    • @peppermintviolet
      @peppermintviolet 2 года назад +3

      Sameeeee

    • @infinitebudgie
      @infinitebudgie 2 года назад +4

      Same I would just cry all night wondering if my loved ones will survive

  • @Theholyone999
    @Theholyone999 Год назад +1

    NOT THE SPORES HAVING A BACKUP PLAN 😭😭😭

  • @teresasanchez-davila9442
    @teresasanchez-davila9442 Год назад

    Hi,
    Is there anyways to turn them back into a regular fly?
    Thanks,
    Teresa

  • @mattjosephagbayani3066
    @mattjosephagbayani3066 4 года назад +1285

    Author: dont worry, the fungus cant hurt humans
    FOR NOW.....

    • @vaiyaktikasolarbeam1906
      @vaiyaktikasolarbeam1906 4 года назад +17

      We (dont) need Mad Scientist

    • @billmalcolm4291
      @billmalcolm4291 4 года назад +3

      Hopefully Kyle Hill doesn't watch this show. He doesn't need any more super villain ideas. Because Evil

    • @creative_cooper
      @creative_cooper 4 года назад +6

      Haha, I said the exact same thing after she said that.

    • @gregwall6553
      @gregwall6553 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, as soon as she said that, I said dam, she just jeicked us. From the damage I have seen fungus do to humans, it is up there with flesh eating bacteria for sure.

    • @omri9325
      @omri9325 4 года назад +1

      In my head I was expecting her to say "Or is it???"

  • @brandonjackson3924
    @brandonjackson3924 3 года назад +920

    “Scientists have tried to harness its power for our benefit, to kill flys in our kitchens and farm”
    I have played 2 games now telling me why that’s a bad idea

    • @enderdragoness546
      @enderdragoness546 3 года назад +40

      Sir, I have knowledge of zombie movies. I can try to be helpful, Sir

    • @hanchen4721
      @hanchen4721 3 года назад +18

      *Cough* vault 22

    • @funsquadfan7821
      @funsquadfan7821 3 года назад +15

      The last of us and The last of us part two

    • @reanterhog5701
      @reanterhog5701 3 года назад +2

      @@hanchen4721 When the shrooms start walking :

    • @Frodje
      @Frodje 3 года назад +15

      I am not having a few thousand flies in my kitchen spitting out millions of zombifying fungus spores. I would like to be able to sleep thank you verry much

  • @EggieAnimates
    @EggieAnimates Месяц назад

    I just find it so funny how the fly shakes violently while throwing up that sticky stuff he looks like he's trying so hard 😭

  • @Introverder
    @Introverder Год назад +1

    3:30 - but what if for instance the world would get slightly warmer?

  • @insert_username77
    @insert_username77 3 года назад +1776

    "The fungus can't hurt humans"
    God in 2021: yea... about that...

  • @Genesongx
    @Genesongx 4 года назад +829

    Video: "it kills the fly"
    Me: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

    • @rick5219
      @rick5219 4 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @Trianglemcchicken
      @Trianglemcchicken 4 года назад +24

      @@rick5219 nah thats your future enemy

    • @rick5219
      @rick5219 4 года назад +1

      roselie pough
      Ok

    • @madhurilikhitkar9518
      @madhurilikhitkar9518 4 года назад +15

      You must have no idea about the usefulness of fruit flies my friend.
      These little creatures have been a part of so many studies and research on genetics from chromosomal theory of inheritance to gene mapping studies and from studies on criss cross inheritance of genes to discovery and study of polytene chromosomes. One should be thankful for existence of these wonderful creatures instead.

    • @aaaamxr
      @aaaamxr 4 года назад +5

      @@madhurilikhitkar9518 ok boomer