The Real Zombie Fungus from The Last of Us Explained

The Cordyceps Fungus is terrifying. The Last of Us is terrifyingly good!
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The Last of Us TV show is so good! The characters! The acting! The amount of tissues I’m going to consume as the show goes on! Every episode is mentally destroying me and speaking of mentally destroying, let's talk about the mind-hacking fungus that turns you into a zombie in the show! There’s no way that’s real right…right? Let's talk about Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis!

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦!
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Sources for this Cordyceps Fungus edutainment video:
https://www.britannica.com/science/Ascomycota
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/study-zombie-ant-death-grip-comes-from-muscle-contractions-not-the-brain/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1711673114
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/222/14/jeb200683/20797/Zombie-ant-death-grip-due-to-hypercontracted
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/01/16/the-last-of-us-zombie-infection-is-real-heres-what-scientists-say-about-the-threat-to-humans/?sh=6cd2ee1c2a6e
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924981/
https://www.realmushrooms.com/cordyceps-sinensis-vs-militaris/
https://www.rxlist.com/cordyceps/supplements.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121254/
https://www.webm