1/21/2023
The Last of Us zombie infection is REAL: Fungi can devour insects from the inside out – and experts say it’s ‘not too far-fetched’ that a similar parasite could evolve to infect humans.
This parasite is actually based on a real group of fungi which grow within their host’s body after infection and can control its behaviour.
Worryingly, experts have deemed the idea of a similar fungus evolving to be able to infect humans as ‘not too far-fetched’.
WHAT IS THE FUNGUS IN ‘THE LAST OF US’ BASED ON?
The co-creators of ‘The Last of Us’, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, said that their fungus is based specifically off Cordyceps, which infects carpenter ants.
The fungus forces infected ants to walk to the top of a plant and clamp its jaws on the plant with a ‘death grip’ that will trap it there until it dies.
The fungus next sprouts antennae-like stalks through its victim’s exoskeleton, which fire spores onto the ground below, allowing it to infect as many insects as possible.
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