cordyceps.

so me and derek (i almost wrote @derkahh) watched the whole planet earth series. and there was a part that i just HAD to blog about. so there's these mushrooms in the jungle, and theyre called cordyceps. and they're fucking crazy acid mushrooms. so there's like a different type of cordycep for a different type of animal. like each one targets a specific animal. and what it does it the mushroom grows and then shoots out these little spore things. and then the spores latch onto the bug. and then the mushroom spores take over the animals' body and mind. and the mushroom tells the animal to climb higher on a plant or tree or whatever. because the mushroom is controlling where it wants to grow. and it wants to grow in a higher place with proper temperatures and humidity and shit. so the mushroom makes the animal climb and when its at a good spot it fucking just dies attached to the plant and and explodes and more fucking mushrooms GROW OUT OF ITS BODY (pictured). tell me thats not fucking crazy. the mushroom CONTROLS the animal so it can die and make more murdering mushrooms. thats scary. whats scarier is that theres like five thousand different types of these mushrooms for all the different insects and bugs and shit in the jungle. theyre gonna evolve and spores are gonna stick on humans and we're gonna be sad that we're becoming mushroom fodder. waaaah.