just wait 'till the Zombie Fungus jumps into humans…
*fuck. I just read the article and… :
Medicinal potential
Ophiocordyceps are known in the pharmaceutical world to be a medically-important group.[7] O. unilateralis fungi produce various known secondary metabolites, as well as several structurally uncharacterised substances. These natural products are reportedly being investigated as potential leads in discovery efforts toward immunomodulatory, antitumor, hypoglycemic, and hypocholesterolemic targets.[24]
In an Ophiocordyceps species within Japanese cicadas, the Ophiocordyceps replaces the symbiotic bacteria within the cicadas to help the host process sap as nutrients, unlike other related species, such as the Ophiocordyceps sinensis, which is a traditional immune booster and cancer treatment in Tibetan and Chinese culture.[25]
And here I thought releasing the cannibal ants was a bad idea…
Damn is this another climate is too hot so all the diseases are spreading thing?
Nah, this is global capitalism blindly moving goods across the planet as quickly and cheaply as possible so all the diseases are spreading thing.
Looks like both are suspected:
“But, with climate change and the human-facilitated spread of rats and other hosts…”
Yet we have global security theatre in airports that will fine you and seize stuff to prevent diseases being spread
Just wait until fungus evolves to be perfectly fine living at 98.6°F
just wait 'till the Zombie Fungus jumps into humans…
*fuck. I just read the article and… :
And here I thought releasing the cannibal ants was a bad idea…
Oh they’re here, there’s plenty of fungus that can live inside us.
They’ve been here a long time though, fungi are aaaaadaptable.