Episode 7: The Last of Us Virus - Cordyceps, AKA the Zombie Ant Fungus

If you're a fan of The Last of Us or weird science, you've probably heard of the cordyceps fungus. But have you heard ALL about it? The cordyceps fungus does it all, from turning people into mindless infected in video games to doing the same to insects irl to playing parts in actual civil wars and even to appearing in some of your traditional AND modern medicines. And there's over 250 species!theme song by Riley H. on Fiverr !charities to check out:The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/homeRAINN https://rainn.org/Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/social media:instagram.com/wevealwaysbeenweirdtiktok @wevealwaysbeenweirdtwitter x.com/wabwpodemail us! [email protected] you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.