'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle
https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/zombie-spiders-infected-by-never-before-seen-fungus-discovered-on-grounds-of-destroyed-irish-castle
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PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 1y
He’s only been in office for a few weeks, how the hell has he started a fungal zombie apocalypse already?!
remon@ani.social · 16 pts · 1y
Nah, that has been going on for a long time. It's just one more species of cordycipitaceae they discovered.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y
Yeah but my concern is Ireland is not south America. Global climate change it screwing us hard. Unless this is some random occurrence.
remon@ani.social · 12 pts · 1y
These aren't new to Ireland, though. Gibellula pulchra, a close relative to the newly discovered one here, has a worldwide distribution.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 1y
Noooo! Don't tell me that! NOOO!
Well pack it babe, we going to the north pole. No fungus there! Right? Guys? right?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
About that.
Live_Let_Live@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
god is giving us a sign, it's time to protest
50501
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y
Do I even want to look up that number sequence?
name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 8 pts · 1y
Appears to be the 50501 protest thing 50 protests, 50 states, one day. It's a coordinated peaceful protest at each state capital against project 2025. https://50501.carrd.co/
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 1y
Oh OK last time I check a number like that it was a hentai thing...
name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 4 pts · 1y
e621
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 1y
Now that sounds like a battle ship location
palordrolap@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
That's a looong board.
But it's also the European food additive code for monosodium glutamate, which is a heck of a coincidence if that's not what they're intending to reference.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
They picked a stupid time of year of they want any participation in the northern 1/2 of the US.
ZombieMantis@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
Something-something Last of us...
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
Zombie fungus isn't the solution we want to the world's problems, but it may be the solution we need.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 1y
definitely the one we deserve
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y
I'm not convinced certain world leaders are not infected.
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Couple thousand more years of evolution about to make fungus scary as fucc
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
One of the world's scariest things to me.