The Biology Behind The Last of Us | WIRED
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- The infection from HBO's The Last of Us is actually based on a real parasitic fungus. This fungus turns insects into zombies. The creators of the game and the show were inspired by zombie carpenter ants. WIRED spoke with Dr. Charissa de Bekker to talk about the real fungus that inspired the show's infected, and how the show's zombies parallel these real-life ants.
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Editor: Ron Douglas
Expert: Dr. Charissa de Bekker
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editors: Andy Morell, Paul Tael
Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on RUclips? ►► wrd.cm/15fP7B7
Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► link.chtbl.com...
Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► subscribe.wire...
Follow WIRED:
Instagram ►► / wired
Twitter ►► / wired
Facebook ►► / wired
Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: wrd.cm/DailyYT
Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.
ABOUT WIRED
WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.
The saddest fact is when they’re in the runner stage they still have a bit of humanity and cognitive function, and they’re essentially trapped while their body is being manipulated by the fungus, but it’s so cool how each stage is inspired by the real science behind the cordyceps, makes it feel more grounded, I hope they explore that more in the show
Yeah that old neighbor dude who got bit and lost control of everything but his eyes and mouth was the epitome of body horror for me
@@liamstanley5599 fr they did amazing w the first episode, in the game you can hear them sobbing in agony sometimes I wonder if we’ll see anything similar in the show
Yeah, in the game you can hear them either cry or scream in pain while twitching which is always sad to hear, at least for me it is.
@@massojupiter3436 in the beginning on your first encounter w infected it was a group of people more than likely friends and you can hear the woman sobbing as she’s essentially eating her friend without any control, that’s definitely a sad fate
Yeah it’s scary because their moans and screams are so human still 😮 naughty dog is up there with rockstar when it comes to detail
That talkshow bit at start was really effective, really sets the whole apocalypse setup in only 3-4 minutes 🔥 💯
It’s cool but how he even predict the future like that? He literally says fungi will take over and actually does, so should mean it will happen in real life too lol
@@koulor315 it was not a real talkshow lmao, its not possible at all
@@koulor315 he just stated the possibility that, it can happen only if there's an increase in temperature. Which eventually happened.
@@SamirRSharma it is possible, things are constantly mutating
@@thomasnguyen7104 possible but unlikely especially not within the foreseeable future. ant biology and human biology arent exactly similar.
This is always what I enjoyed about TLOU’s infected. Spores or not. At it’s core it’s a much more disturbing reality in nature.
Spores, as explained in this video, are important. I will watch and most likely love the show, but I feel they didn't need to remove them because it adds to it being a real world event.
There is something about seeing a person in a, dungy dank basement with spores in the air , masks and a flashlight.
@@sampson3121 I agree. But idk the body horror potential of the tendrils is a FINE replacement
I think we've seen too many greenish zombies everyone using, that's why it's not disturbing any more
@@sampson3121 but in real life you'd get spores everywhere including your skin and clothes. That means you'd have to undergo decontamination on a regular basis.
@@Sm0k3turt they could have added both. I actually like the tendrils but replacing them for spores is a big no no for me.
This lady was my bio professor at UCF. She was super nice, glad to see her sharing her knowledge in a cool topic in a larger platform
Wow! Lucky you!😃
What disturbs me the most is that the last of us clickers lost their sight because the fungus grows and splits the skull and head in half blocking and killing the eyes receptors.
Most likely because eyes are sensitive and nutritionally expensive to maintain. The infected aren't seen eating so the eyes probably fall apart, and become useless.
@Antonio Arreola There's a go break-down on the Roanoke Gaming channel. The guy is a microbiologist, so it's pretty spot on.
@@antonioarreola3097 They do eat. The fungus makes them hunt and kill anything that lives and devour it to keep the host alive. Sometimes makes them kill and then slowly consume their loved ones while they still see and know this but can't fight it. Pretty messed up world
@@KSmithwick1989cultured man im glad to see roanoke’s fanbase is still there!
The part with the dog and the old lady was so effective.
Dogs have been known to sniff out cancer on a person so in that scene it's not some sort of sixth sense for evil that some claim dogs have, it's their incredible sense of smell and it was something he could tell was growing more pungent by the hour and a smell totally alien to him.
BTW kudos to that dog and their trainer.
That good boy or girl deserves a best canine actor Emmy
Ellie
I agree that was excellent. Also cool how they hinted at flour being the cause. “I’m on atkins” and they happened to miss out on pancakes and cake
he was so cute and such a good doggy!!!
I want to shout out BBCs Planet Earth series for bringing the original footage of cordyceps to all of us - without it we wouldn't have had this wonderful story and game
Report the spam bot
@@vioadid7013 Just did.
Yeah, let's give a quick shout out to Christina Applegate
@@morningowl43 Good reference 👍
@@vioadid7013 fungass removed.
HBO is really going all out with the show, they even invented the fungus IRL to promote it
Lmao 💀💀💀
Dude no way
😂😂😂😂
💀💀
Dedication. Just like Christoher Nolan dropping a nuke irl for the film Oppenheimer
Something interesting that they didn't touch on but is a great detail is that in the game if you come across a runner and you get close to them without killing them, you can hear them crying. Its a very scary thought because it really shows how trapped they are. They sit there, in the dark, twitching and crying and they can't do anything about it.
Yeah in the show too I recall a female runner crying as she was eating someone, messed up stuff.
I’ve seen a theory that at first stages like runners, the human part is till alive but they can’t control anything and that’s why they scream more human like, it is the person inside screaming. After the stalker the human part dies. The fact that you are still alive and can’t do anything it’s terrifying
Lol, did you delete your previous comment? The one where I was arguing with those other guys?
@@controlman7490 lol yes, I thought it would be funny after more than 100 of comments of arguing is just deleted out of existence 😅
@@mariaPapagiRuthless lmao. If you search for it in RUclips, there's a compilation of runners screams and cries, they actually retain some consciousness
@@jamie_d0g978 yeah, but my knowledge is only based on the first game. I never played or watched the second game, there are probably more clues about it in the TLOU2
@@mariaPapagi in the first game u can hear an infected trying to screaming with words (its faint tho) during the first encounter with joel and tess
The infected/zombies in TLOU are the most frightening and most creative ones I’ve seen. Might be the most deadly ones too. If I ever was met with a Clicker in real life I would definitely be dead.
Imagine being someone Abby aka GIGANTOR doesn't like.
You just need a shiv
What do you mean, „was met“? I don’t think that’s an actual saying.
Not me. I’m built different.
And they're barely used on the second game lol
TRIVIA:
in the video game, those screams, growls, cries that the infected do are their human conscious effect. they said that the infected are still conscious during their infection state and their mind and body reacts in despair knowing the fact that they can’t do nothing to stop the spreading of the infection…
a slow agonizing reality that death is slowly having a toll on them as they consciously would live the rest of their lives knowing that they can’t do anything to stop the spreading of the infection.
Now imagine this:
You are still alive and you can feel the fungus slowly deteriorating your flesh, you feel the fungus eating your inside out, you are fighting it consciously to stop but you no longer have the cognitive function to stop it, you body and mind tries to tell you to get it out but you simply falls and submit to its command, that would be a very painful reality and despair would sink in you as you fall further and further into the abyss of slow and agonizing death.
Geez guys😆
Only runners tho. You can hear them crying while eating a guy who was their friend im the first encounter with them in the game. After that the fungus only let the motion part of the brain intact, so basically they have no conscience anymore.
Lol there dying mentally not physically, slowly evolving into the next stage.😂
@@Kwayjie they’re gonna die eventually. seen how rare bloaters are there in-game? only a few would survive after the stage of being stalkers.
@@yashohashikoto9945 they die because people kill them.
TLOUS's infection is the only one where it'll make you go..."Wait a minute, this could actually happen"
@@leon45sant Yeah it literally gives you unlimited stamina since you’re not controlling your own body
Thankfully cordyceps have been around for millions of years and are only biologically programmed to target ants because of how absurd their infection conditions are. The human body thankfully is like an oven to cordyceps so I doubt even your great great great great grandchildren will have to worry about it
Actually you will only say that if you're an imbecile.
Basically it’s a zombie apocalypse - they act like zombies, but they aren’t. In most franchises and movies zombies are shown as living dead - which for whatever reason in some way nevertheless act like being alive. The reason for this may be different - a virus, a curse, or witchcraft…
In any case they are obviously dead, because in most depictions of zombies a necrotic decay is shown also different stages of increasing decay, up to partially or completely skeletonized individuals.
In The Last Of Us franchise they speak of infected instead of zombies - the Cordyceps infection obviously doesn’t kill the infected person, because like any parasite, this fungus tries to keep its host alive as long as possible. They are apparently not only alive, but - at least this is suggested - partially aware of their desperate situation. At least in early stages of this Cordyceps infection. In the game, you often encounter so-called „Runners“ - an early stage of infection - standing or walking around whining or making desperate cries of lamentation. In later stages of the infection, the infected seem to lose these last vestiges of humanity as they become completely controlled by the Cordyceps.
Nevertheless, even at this stage they are medically alive. Only in the final stage of this development, people die - you will find them in the game then in some corners and almost completely overgrown by fungi.
they are zombies in the sense that the infected hosts no longer has control over themselves. Just like the zombie slugs/snails. It's just that they are not *undead zombies*
true!!!^
The term, “Zombie” actually pertains to erratic and unusual behavior. Which makes sense given smaller creatures like Ants and Mice and others infected by a specific parasite could make them zombie-like in a sense in order to keep spreading the parasite, fungus, or virus. Sure, zombies have been seen as the living dead, but zombies are a different ballgame.
mushroom zombies haha
It’s even more apparent when you play they game and notice that the dead obviously do not become the “infected” actually in the game not everyone who is infected become “zombie like” some people or a good amount of people really just die
The fact that the fungus in the game was rooted in reality made it so much more intriguing while playing. The show is now adding a rich new depth to the story showing how it spread, and giving a loose explanation as to why it happened. Excited to see what else they add in the coming episodes.
3:01 lol, I love her small laugh and it was perfectly cut.
The most disturbing thing is that by watching these professionals talk about this fungi infection in any Last of Us documentary/videos. NONE of them said that's impossible to happen.
it wont happen. Insects have very simple imune system that cant form antibodies. Humans and chimps have one of the strongest and best imune systems in animal kingdom. We also have diffrent types of antibiotics that are specific for fungus infections.
@@BIG_TOM what if one day the fungi evolves? Will there be a tiny chance?
@@BIG_TOM most of them said that they adapt quickly. And the planet is getting warmer....
@@chanparker7407 i would more worry about new viruses that are being created in Secret biolabs right now. Covid was first taste.
@@BIG_TOM You never know until it happens.
No one here knows.
You can't affirm that.
The last of us zombies is one of the most plausible, infact most likely zombie esque type of virus to happen and that's pretty amazing. I am glad they put so much heart into making this make sense.
I definitely don’t want it to happen
@@jackthecommenter2768 then we should worry about climate change and conserve our environment.
@@TheRohit901 it won’t happen…..it’s not possible
@@TheRohit901 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 gtfoh
@@TheRohit901 totally agree
Man I'm proud of them this was a good idea this show will be a masterpiece
I'd hold my horses. It's only been one episode. But it was a nice start I guess.
@@VeguldenZilverling ik I just hope it succeeds cause I teared because the episode didn't disappoint me at all I also wished they released all the episodes on season 1
@@VeguldenZilverling he said what he said it so will be a masterpiece 😈
Doubt that
@@yamiymikxxo2794what I meant was I hope I'm hearing episode 2 was good so I might be right
Resident Evil = T-Virus
The Last Of Us = Cordysep (Fungus)
All of Us Are Dead = Jonas Virus (Snail)
Kingdom Series = Plant
It is incredible that every series has their own modification of their infection. That is insane!
Dying light=Harran/T harran and yeah it's also modified
This was one of the best pieces of media (videos or articles) on this subject I’ve ever seen. Excellent job, and thank you! 🙂
Man, those ants have been brutally tortured
Imagine how it must feel in a more complex mammal brain. It's nightmare fuel man...
I hope this is the start of faithful game to movie/show adaptions. It was really well done so far and there are so many stories in gaming that should be experienced by non-gamers.
Personally I find it works better in episode format.
Same
Tv shows are the real medium for telling these stories, but it has to start with respecting the source material.
@@clayongunzelle9555 Let's hope the last of us is gonna be the start of it and not like Halo with master chief taking off the helmet in the first episode or resident evil making zootopia... COUGH COUGH COUGH canon
there’s been a ton of good adaptations
I never played the game, but I'm a huge HBO fan. The first 2 episodes of this show have been incredible!
Yeah the show definitely increased my desire to delve into the game.
The game is A+ try it out won't disappoint
Play the game, please you should trust me, thank me later
@@genghisfunk5236 available for PC?
@@chinmayaguru7601the first game is coming to steam in march i think
I could talk with this lady all day, this is very interesting stuff.
she looks like Jennifer Carpenter
I like how in the show infected not just bite and (eat) people, but bite and hold to spread (spores?) into the wound. You could see that in the Episode 1, and that fear in the eyes of people laying on the ground while infected continued to infect them. Terrifying.
anyone with a garden will recognize the fungus flies that start gluing themselves to higher-up leaves. these dying flies grow into the leaves and produce mating pheromones that attract suitors to attempt to mate with the infected body, then fly off to spread it to future partners. not nearly as exotic as it might seem.
Its just amzing how last of us uses real world fungus to create a story in a video game. If this happens in our real world, lol better be prepared.
The military would single-handley wipe them out before it can even escalate in about a week. They don't even stand a chance when modern weaponry exists. If it would to happen in medieval than they would be screwed💀😂
The U.S. military would wipe them out in 7 days
@@insultlkPerhaps, but the military and modern weaponry don't stand a chance against the countless other ways humanity is gonna be wiped out in the future. A zombie apocalypse would just be one of the many possibilities.
I'm happy Dexter's sister is still alive and teaching us all about cordyceps
🤣
As someone who has played the game a few times, I appreciate this video.
Imagining someone who hasn't though, we just saw what happens to a couple of major characters.
Soo many spoilers
What? I must have missed them all then
@@NotUnymous we saw one on tv last night.
the amazing part is the fungus does not get into the brain. No it does not go into the brain. It hits onto the central nerve system
isn't the brain part of the central nervous system with the spine?
@@starbonjr39 yes
@@starbonjr39 Yes, but I think what they're trying to get at is the fact that it doesn't go after any part of the brain that is in charge of conscious thought it only goes after the lower parts of the brain. meaning you're conscious and aware at all points until you actually finally die. This was a sick and twisted creation that makes the zombies in the last of us So incredible
The brain is part of the CNS.
The brain is central nerve system. What do you think a brain is made up of?
The movie The Girl with All the Gifts also made zombie infected by fungus carpenter ants.
True, I never saw the film but the book went into quite a lot of detail.
What's scary is that I don't think it's really hard to believe that something like this could actually happen. If the fungus that does this to ants and mamals and stuff were to evolve or mutate, it could probably reach the point where it could take control of humans.
Don’t worry I got round up
Anti-vax and covid denier would be the first to die bc they say it's crisis actors lmao
Humans can get toxoplasmosis and scientists are investigating how human behaviour changes as a result (it seems it’s the same risk-taking kind of behaviour as seen in the wolves). So it’s kind of already a reality lol. I’m going to live in a bubble now, lol.
I dont think it would be to the extent of eating other people though, more like you just slowly rot
I didn't know Debra Morgan left her police career to move into Biology.
5:05 "When you're lost in the darkness look for the light"
This video is AMAZING. Personally, Im a huge fan of apocalypse, zombies and bacteria/diseases. This explanation contrasted with the series and video game make it much more interesting and you realize its not just entertainment, but a masterclass of biology and nature. Thanks for sharing!
This gave me so much anxiety lol. Such a good video and like others said, it's nice to see a team putting so much promotion out there for a great game and what I would hope will be a great show.
With the last part of the video, the Doctor basically explained that the fungus wouldn't wipe us out. Because if it did, how would the fungus survive without its human hosts? The game and the show make this strand of cordyceps sound like an invasive species. One that consumes every human it comes into contact with. In that regard, the cordyceps could and would wipe out humanity without the thought of saving some for later.
Humans are attempting infinite growth with finite resources right now. There's no reason to assume cordyceps wouldn't do the same.
No she didnt. She just suggest that it wouldnt be smart of the fungus.
But she also explained that in RL, those fungi kills as soon as the hist is in the best position to spread.
So yeah.
@@NotUnymous You clearly did NOT pay attention to what I said! I SAID that the doctor EXPLAINED that the fungus would NOT wipe us out because if it did, they wouldn't have any hosts left. That it wouldn't be smart for the fungus to do so. She did imply that the fungus would likely "save some of us for later!" Fungus and plant life have been shown to have a level of intelligence not fully known to humans. That's exactly what she implied. Seriously!
@@snakeshadows6993So it’s basically a negative symbiotic relationship, right?
@@rcl4737 You can say that. In the second episode, it was revealed that the infected are a part of a hive mind. In the show's universe, they're all connected to the cordyceps through underground tendrils. But the cordyceps seemingly keep the humans alive only for its own survival. Not because it actually cares about them.
I love that the show managed to add so much new lore to make the cordyceps infection more believable. In the game you wonder how a fungal zombie plague would have spread so quickly, but in the show it makes so much sense.
2:44 Bro i Cant imagine the pain if that huge mouth bites the ant.
Remember this woman, we'll need her in case of a zombie apocalypse.
Jesus no matter how horrifying fictional stories get, nature always tops it. Those poor insects man. 🥺
This just made the game that much scarier
I haven't played the game but already addicted to this show.
The scary thing is theres a small chance that someday it starts infecting humans
Especially if scientists speed up that process
Eh, if it's not the zombifying fungus, then it would be the other disastrous things that will screw us all over. So you know? Enjoy the ride while it still lasts.
Imagine the world of Pixar's _A Bug's Life_ (1998) or DreamWorks' _Antz_ (1998) with Cordyceps...
We don't need fungi. We have religion. Same zombifying effect.
Sadly true. It’s a way to cope with a world we don’t understand.
Nah. What?!?
As a genuine lover of these games (TLOU 1&2) and now the series. This was rather...highly educational and very informative.
See ma! I told you video games aren''t for kids (only)!!
Greatest game of all time. I hope the show lives up to it
Bit of a stretch. Great game but the greatest of all time goes a little too far.
just watched the first episode, it definitely reaches the bar that the game set.
@@FrancT- then what is the greatest game of all time them?
@@ayespenzo358 I have absolutely no idea. The Last of Us may be the best adventure/linear game, but it isn't the greatest of all games. There are so many genres.
@Lloyd Bonafide I’ve come to realize most gamers don’t like what I do but that’s ok. I want my games to have a story to tell and not just be mindless gaming for gaming sake. The only game I would put even close to the high bar of the last of us would be metal gear solid 3 which is another amazing story. Also using your metrics it set a new bar for gameplay and story telling, was very replay-able thanks to the loads of little notes you can easily miss that fill out the story, and I have personally played it on every PlayStation generation since the third. I would reason that more people would agree on it being best game of all time than not. That’s just my two cents.
The scary part is this is type of zombie outbreak is highly likely.
Not highly likely but out of all zombie outbreaks it’s highly plausible
Not likely
I wouldnt say its highly likely but definitely possible. Maybe not in our lifetimes or maybe we also continue to evolve; both bodies and medical evolution to fight off fungi
Toxoplasmosis can change human behavior as well and make people more likely to take risks. Including potentially beneficial ones. But it can also be associated with schizophrenia or rage disorder. Makes the idea of a Last of Us type scenario even creepier. She's right though, infections with too high a mortality rate tend to burn out.
In a word , fascinating !
Now I'm going to start freaking out when I see wandering ants.
This show is really promising so far after episode 1
Can’t wait to see the Clickers next episode
I think I'm being controlled by the yogurt I eat...it tells me to keep buying more.
That’s because it contains sugar. Eat plain yogurt and oh boy.
Just finished episode 1 and loved it, haven't had a chance to play the games yet as I'm broke and can't afford to buy them but that's actually paid off as I'm going into this not knowing exactly what to expect.
Dude go to walmart the game is 20$ in the cheap game section
@@TroyJones345 Not American my dude.
if you’re in the u.k. the shop CEX has copies of both the ps3 and ps4 for very cheap! under £10
knowing this who's to say your negative mental state isn't just an infection we haven't identified yet. Knowing this make a conscious effort to not confirm to that negative thinking. Supress and overcome!
The fact that she didn't reject the fact that what happened in the last of us can happen to us is scaring me.
So the ants at the clicker phase also will “look for the light” lol
Wait wtf. 8:40 So you're telling me that the scenario laid out in the show CAN HAPPEN?
This makes the series all that more terrifying
Remember the odds of a zombie apocalypse are low, never zero.
Finally realistic zombies. 💯🔥
I would not say that. As I understood ants that were infected by such parasitic fungus, actually start do simple but reasonable for fungus program, it's like bio-robots. but what we see in the trailer? the same chaotic and hysterical zombies as usual.
Not zombies. Zombies are undead. The infected I. This show are still alive
@@TheDelwish yeah it doesn't make much sense for them to be so aggressive and self destructive, if the point is to spread their spores why would they kill any possible hosts they come in contact with lol
@@TheDelwishobviously you didn't play the games
Bro wants zombies to happen💀💀. WTF MAN! If u see me on the streets just know I don't play no games 💯
Not me throwing away my sponges and spraying my entire bathroom with vinegar
Suprised, how Debra Morgan didnt use a single curse word.
am I alone in experiencing the entirety of this video's captions in the first 4 frames because it was very unexpected but amusing
I love how they left humans off this list. Majority of humans have a parasite, fungus, or bacteria in their gut that influenced decision making.
we people in the himalayas, we consume it its called cordyceps, super expensive with lots of health benefits
If the world got warmer wouldn’t our body temperature also get warmer so the fungi wouldn’t be able to adapt to our bodies even if it was able to adapt to warmer temperatures.
I have seen some studies that actually shows the opposite. Our bodies are getting colder and the science behind it is not clear yet. It may be because we always have enough clothe and heat.
Including the firs doctors comment about a possible future of pandemic bc of plans in genius bc thats what happened the last few years. It primes the audience for the second far more terrifying reality of a future with fungi bc of global warming. Sonething that is also happening.
Starting the entire series with this scene GROUNDS it in reality, making it terrifying
I forgot that this video was about a videogame and it's tv series 😂😂...while watching this it actually felt like I was watching discovery channel 😂
This Halloween is going to be on a different level
Thanks. This is important knowledge to have, personally and as a society. What I find interesting and revealing is that facts such as that climate change will make these fungi better at infecting humans is silently accepted by the larger audience. Barely anyone mentions this in this very comment section, people rather want to talk about the fictional show than the sad reality.
Fr when this was brought up in the show I was basically the only one who was thinking about climate change helping fungi adapt and potentially infect people
@@Leo-tm7yi how
@@Leo-tm7yi go join greta then
@@jackthecommenter2768 its very unlikely but possible
This is not reason because infected humans and fungus still can survive cold winter in game...
That last comment was really bad.
"it'd be a bad strategy to make your host extinct"... There's no planning for something like fungus. If it's effective at first it'll just get better at it. At some point the host runs out, and then some other adaption would be the primary one.
Anyone else itching all over now?
I wasn’t until I read your comment 😭😭
Hopefully not D:
"It can infect humans too" - OH NOOOOOOO!!!
"Actually, human extinction is not likely" - ok, that is better...
"Fungus wouldn't wipe out its potential hosts" - ok, that doesn't make me feel any better, wtf?
It sounds like she says “udder cicada” when talking about the butt spores and I giggled.
Add this to the list of reasons I have a fungus phobia
Remember, fungi absolutely thrive in nuclear wastelands.
Humans,.. have a wonderful future.
Last of Us is the only game that I love, but hate to play. It gives me such anxiety. The show’s good so far.
The opening scene 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I thought cordyceps was only able to grab muscles/limbs? Trapping the host inside. Well I thought that was the new understanding of what it does now unless that’s just a specific species. This is in response to the hallucinations bit btw.
1:22
The video briefly mentions that it doesn't touch the nervous very briefly. Honestly I think it's too brief and most people would likely continue with the misunderstanding that the current consensus is still that cordy alters the body directly through the nervous system.
It's a pop science video though, so it's made to be as engaging and entertaining as possible. An explanation of a change in scientific consensus may not be all that entertaining most people.
@@wildsideofthings7733 true, I do like that the scientist said we can make no vaccines tho. Since that only works on viruses.
I didn't afraid of zombie verse like Resident evil, Walking Dead, Days gone, world war z and others until i saw reality behind last of us parasite fungus zombie.
8:30 hmmm where did I hear this?
This show is actually better then the halo show
crazy how they didn't bring up the most flawed or fictional part of the last of us fungal infection how spores would never stay in one place like in the game
Don't forget to credit 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle. That movie was a true masterpiece and one of the first to ever do zombie movies with this premise.
Fav series combine with sciens
Question, doesn’t cordyceps live in tropical climates? Why would high body temperature be a problem if it’s hot where it fruits and spreads naturally?
What about Valley Fever, that seems to infect people just fine?
Whoa!!! What gives with the spoiler at 2:57 ! What the literal F?!?!?!
That should be on Gamology
Why'd they do that to COTW, Laetiporus sulphureus? It is always good news for a mushroom hunter to find chicken of the woods. It is edible. It renews itself nearly every year especially if you allow the spores to spread by puting the harvested musroom in a porus bag. Food that regrows? Magic!
Alright alright. Keep close eye your weird friend who goes foraging for random mushrooms in wood. Who knows.. they’ll be the first to turn. Lol
Neil Druckmann! What a legend!
So cool that Deb Morgan knows so much about it even when she is not an actor in The Last Of Us series.
'The Girl With All the Gifts" was very similar....
TLOU was first before that novel.
@@Jestatgothaman Ah! Thanks for the tidbit! First round is on me 🍸🍷🍺
Snails and giant snails are mouthwatering.
Even slugs.
In the first episode when the little girl walks up to the QZ in Boston, soon as you see her eyes you know she's infected. They were super dialated like she was tripping balls.
Good point. They gave him/her a lethal injection then? It wasn't clear at that point. I just assumed the kid was starving and malnourished. Considering the info we got later, they euthanized the child :(
@@paolagraciano5838 yes, they did
This is terrifying
What is so creepy is, how does this fungus think and manipulate? I mean, fungi is not supposed to think or Mind control. I read when younger though about a fungal mold that spreads across the forest floor consuming all life in its way.