The infection from HBO’s The Last of Us is actually based on a real parasitic fungus. This fungus turns insects into zombies. The creators of the game and the show were inspired by zombie carpenter ants. WIRED spoke with Dr. Charissa de Bekker to talk about the real fungus that inspired the show’s infected, and how the show’s zombies parallel these real-life ants.
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January 13, 2023 at 5:27 pm
Emmmmm
j._ rom
January 13, 2023 at 5:27 pm
Man, those ants have been brutally tortured
Blair Annabel
January 13, 2023 at 5:29 pm
The only problem is that out body temperature is what keeps us immune against fungi.
mshell59
January 13, 2023 at 5:36 pm
Ahhh have you ever heard of coccidiomycosis pulmonary infection?
Sam Hardie
January 13, 2023 at 5:40 pm
this fungi has a mutation that allows it to withstand the heat
Trerro
January 13, 2023 at 11:47 pm
Average human body temperature has been slowly declining, and many types of fungi are evolving to withstand higher levels of heat – both of these are likely symptoms of climate change. Also, human fungal infections aren’t nearly as rare as you may think. There’s a likely 50:50 chance you’ll have athlete’s foot at some point in your life (which is fungal), yeast infections aren’t exactly rare, and a highly drug-resistant fungus is currently killing a whole bunch of people in hospital wards.
Trerro
January 13, 2023 at 11:48 pm
…and for some reason expressing 50% odds with a colon causes that to link to some random video. Please ignore the link.
mshell59
January 13, 2023 at 5:34 pm
Zombies’ are real and living everywhere on the streets of LA. I drive by scores of them every day.
RazorO2Productions
January 13, 2023 at 5:41 pm
Hah, Californian here, I agree.
Sam Hardie
January 13, 2023 at 5:39 pm
Dont call it “HBO’s The Last of Us” its not HBO’s!!! Naughty dog made these zombies and their lore, fix your credits
Anish Basak
January 13, 2023 at 6:20 pm
Preach. This is HBO’s adaption of the Last of Us game created by Naughty Dog.
GreyBread
January 13, 2023 at 5:40 pm
In the game about 60% are infected 40% have survived. Not exactly on the brink of extinction
Paul Johnson
January 13, 2023 at 11:24 pm
It’s called the last of us, not the minority of us. The note that said 60% in the game was written one year after global infection. The overall statistics can’t be recorded once the collapse of civilisation took hold but I’ve heard by the time last of us 1 takes place 20 years later it’s about 90% of the population dead or infected.
TheMetalfreak360
January 13, 2023 at 5:58 pm
Nature is so effing’ metal.
Keizer Hedorah
January 13, 2023 at 6:02 pm
So this is the new walking dead spinoff? I’m more interested in finishing the old characters stories than I am following another group.
Anym
January 13, 2023 at 7:12 pm
yknow that The Walking Dead doesn’t have a patent on the concept of a zombie…. right?
Keizer Hedorah
January 13, 2023 at 7:15 pm
@Van Troy greatest game of all time? back under the bridge troll.
Keizer Hedorah
January 13, 2023 at 7:16 pm
@Anym zombie have been around since before you were born
trevvy
January 13, 2023 at 8:58 pm
@Keizer Hedorah …both the walking dead and the last of us use two different fonts.
Spooky
January 13, 2023 at 11:08 pm
@Keizer Hedorah They’re so different, the zombies are the most important part in the TWD but in the last of us it’s the characters that matter. Also the last of us has better story than 90% of movies and shows, and far surpasses TWD which only has one good season.
Vengeance will be mine
January 13, 2023 at 6:11 pm
Man where/what happened to the : John Cena what if ? Why is it private 😒 now? Is that a “you can’t see it because John Cena invisible jokes”?
Agni Chaudhuri
January 13, 2023 at 7:34 pm
I was looking for this!!! What happened?
Vengeance will be mine
January 13, 2023 at 8:11 pm
@Agni Chaudhuri lol they barely put it back up as a youtube short 😂. Pretty funny piece.
L Scales
January 13, 2023 at 6:18 pm
Anyone else itching all over now?
AnimePabu
January 14, 2023 at 12:22 am
I wasn’t until I read your comment 😭😭
Sheepdog9
January 13, 2023 at 6:24 pm
the amazing part is the fungus does not get into the brain. No it does not go into the brain. It hits onto the central nerve system
Sm0ke
January 13, 2023 at 6:37 pm
This is always what I enjoyed about TLOU’s infected. Spores or not. At it’s core it’s a much more disturbing reality in nature.
Waxen
January 13, 2023 at 7:00 pm
I didn’t know Debra Morgan left her police career to move into Biology.
Rachinter
January 13, 2023 at 7:08 pm
Finally realistic zombies. 💯🔥
Mark Edis
January 13, 2023 at 7:45 pm
Is this the next evolutionary step for liberty caps?
ray jones
January 13, 2023 at 8:00 pm
The movie The Girl with All the Gifts also made zombie infected by fungus carpenter ants.
pianoplayyer
January 14, 2023 at 12:06 am
True, I never saw the film but the book went into quite a lot of detail.
Errhka
January 13, 2023 at 8:52 pm
I want to shout out BBCs Planet Earth series for bringing the original footage of cordyceps to all of us – without it we wouldn’t have had this wonderful story and game
Dave Made
January 13, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Should’ve watched this after my lunch 😂
Michelle Naps
January 13, 2023 at 10:19 pm
Oh nah 😭 climate change gonna cause zombies !?!??!?
GreenAppelPie
January 13, 2023 at 10:38 pm
I could talk with this lady all day, this is very interesting stuff.
Eddie G
January 13, 2023 at 10:55 pm
The sound at 6:15 was really jarring, there is like a really high pitched noise in the background that just comes out of nowhere, what is that?
AL _EvoZ
January 13, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Its just amzing how last of us uses real world fungus to create a story in a video game. If this happens in our real world, lol better be prepared.
Ed Mqz
January 14, 2023 at 12:26 am
HBO is really going all out with the show, they even invented the fungus IRL to promote it
aC0unt_un0
January 14, 2023 at 12:44 am
2:44 Bro i Cant imagine the pain if that huge mouth bites the ant.
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January 14, 2023 at 1:24 am
Greatest game of all time. I hope the show lives up to it
Geo Afe
January 14, 2023 at 1:39 am
this weekend !
Soullessjoe33
January 14, 2023 at 3:27 am
What disturbs me the most is that the last of us clickers lost their sight because the fungus grows and splits the skull and head in half blocking and killing the eyes receptors.
THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR
January 14, 2023 at 3:29 am
NOT zombies, the fungi cordyceps is a parasite that controls its host but the host is still alive. Therefore not zombies
aaron lloyd
January 14, 2023 at 3:34 am
that was awesome thx for the vid
Stars
January 14, 2023 at 4:54 am
Amazing
Stars
January 14, 2023 at 4:54 am
Wow
hixer88
January 14, 2023 at 6:41 am
So the ants at the clicker phase also will “look for the light” lol
dinostars
January 14, 2023 at 7:35 am
Mann idk why, but i got a goosebumps just watching this.
oMiau
January 14, 2023 at 8:07 am
NOT WHILE IM CASUALLY EATING-
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January 14, 2023 at 8:09 am
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January 14, 2023 at 8:21 am
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maria papagel
January 14, 2023 at 9:03 am
I’ve seen a theory that at first stages like runners, the human part is till alive but they can’t control anything and that’s why they scream more human like, it is the person inside screaming. After the stalker the human part dies. The fact that you are still alive and can’t do anything it’s terrifying
Bryce Poo
January 15, 2023 at 11:13 pm
@Controlman I think my argument has had a lot more evidence to back up than yours tbh your only evidence is it’s not confirmed and you don’t know why they show human emotions so you discard it
Bryce Poo
January 15, 2023 at 11:14 pm
@Controlman you need things confirmed rather than putting together the pieces
Bryce Poo
January 15, 2023 at 11:19 pm
@Controlman “I contradicted myself saying I didn’t want to argue now I do mf hop off my meat, why do the runner cry and sob if they’re just mindless husks” that’s crazy I totally didn’t answer your question
Bryce Poo
January 15, 2023 at 11:23 pm
@Controlman you’re wrong until you explain why they have human emotions if there isn’t any humanity left in them you’re still gonna find some dumbass way to say you’re right and you’re just gonna continue to say the same thing that it hasn’t been confirmed
Controlman
January 15, 2023 at 11:25 pm
@Bryce Poo I provided tons of evidence, but you also ignored it. You also ignored my prior question. Also, we still need confirmation and that’s exactly why I’m right and you’re wrong. I know you got butthurt that I said you’re wrong, which is why you’re arguing now, but you’ll have to eventually take your L respectfully. Evidence isn’t proof. Also, posting multiple comments doesn’t help your argument. It makes you look desperate and crazy. Like bro, you literally spam 3-4 comments within the same time frame. Learn to calm down little one.
Controlman
January 18, 2023 at 1:22 am
Lol, did you delete your previous comment? The one where I was arguing with those other guys?
TABSF1
January 14, 2023 at 9:23 am
It’s not HBO The Last of Us.
It is Naughty Dogs The Last of Us and the game had all of this like 10 years ago.
Emrullah Enes
January 14, 2023 at 11:42 am
Why is she saying fungi like that
Apocalypse Wow!
January 14, 2023 at 1:06 pm
Thanks. This is important knowledge to have, personally and as a society. What I find interesting and revealing is that facts such as that climate change will make these fungi better at infecting humans is silently accepted by the larger audience. Barely anyone mentions this in this very comment section, people rather want to talk about the fictional show than the sad reality.
Franco7
January 14, 2023 at 3:56 pm
She was great! Thanks
like a rock cm
January 14, 2023 at 4:12 pm
In a word , fascinating !
Bad Rhetoric
January 14, 2023 at 4:51 pm
Okay so there’s no god…
devon 1993
January 15, 2023 at 4:14 pm
Nobody gives af
wall01
January 14, 2023 at 4:56 pm
if you’re afraid, wear a mask and GTF out.
Stargazer
January 14, 2023 at 5:54 pm
Basically it’s a zombie apocalypse – they act like zombies, but they aren’t. In most franchises and movies zombies are shown as living dead – which for whatever reason in some way nevertheless act like being alive. The reason for this may be different – a virus, a curse, or witchcraft…
In any case they are obviously dead, because in most depictions of zombies a necrotic decay is shown also different stages of increasing decay, up to partially or completely skeletonized individuals.
In The Last Of Us franchise they speak of infected instead of zombies – the Cordyceps infection obviously doesn’t kill the infected person, because like any parasite, this fungus tries to keep its host alive as long as possible. They are apparently not only alive, but – at least this is suggested – partially aware of their desperate situation. At least in early stages of this Cordyceps infection. In the game, you often encounter so-called „Runners“ – an early stage of infection – standing or walking around whining or making desperate cries of lamentation. In later stages of the infection, the infected seem to lose these last vestiges of humanity as they become completely controlled by the Cordyceps.
Nevertheless, even at this stage they are medically alive. Only in the final stage of this development, people die – you will find them in the game then in some corners and almost completely overgrown by fungi.
GothicFATTY
January 14, 2023 at 7:53 pm
That’s cool and all, but they literally removed spores for the show and just went with “tendrils” instead.
TrickZ Retz
January 14, 2023 at 8:50 pm
HBO’s “The last of Us”
Did i miss something?
Did they, as with 99.999999999999°% Of Game Adaptations screw the movie up royaly?
(Looking at You, Monster Hunter)
Bryce Poo
January 15, 2023 at 3:44 am
Real ones already knew this
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January 15, 2023 at 4:13 am
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January 15, 2023 at 5:56 am
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January 15, 2023 at 7:21 am
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January 15, 2023 at 10:31 am
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Knight Life
January 15, 2023 at 11:01 am
Not as good as David Attenborough’s example on Cordaceps. Not even close.
Potato Prinz
January 15, 2023 at 6:54 pm
Isn’t HBO removing the fungus part of the infection? Thought I read that somewhere
Chrome
January 15, 2023 at 10:21 pm
no just the spores so no walking around in masks
Potato Prinz
January 16, 2023 at 10:17 pm
@Chrome ah thanks for clearing that up, I had seen a sinle article somewhere and was unsure if it was real or if I was just imagining things
TheFallen812
January 16, 2023 at 11:49 pm
@Chrome weird, since spores make it more realistic than anything else… HBO really didn’t want their beautiful actors to hide behind a mask in scenes they clearly should be wearing a mask. ffs i hate Hollyweird
Andrej Takaric
January 15, 2023 at 7:45 pm
So,this is how it starts 😀
saghhinooz
January 16, 2023 at 2:10 am
That was crazy!
julia Ruva
January 16, 2023 at 3:49 am
Why’d they do that to COTW, Laetiporus sulphureus? It is always good news for a mushroom hunter to find chicken of the woods. It is edible. It renews itself nearly every year especially if you allow the spores to spread by puting the harvested musroom in a porus bag. Food that regrows? Magic!
James Luna
January 16, 2023 at 6:25 am
That’s contagious!
Sif
January 16, 2023 at 6:28 am
me: gets bit by an insect (idk what prob spider)
youtube: how would you like to learn about zombie ants
fatima kareem
January 16, 2023 at 12:16 pm
bro please don’t call them zombies, that’s not what they are. they’re called the infected, runners, clickers, bloaters, ect. as a big tlou fan i get pissed when i see misinterpretation of details like that. tlou fans please back me up!! 😭
Jytown Hustling n*gga
January 16, 2023 at 1:26 pm
Man I’m proud of them this was a good idea this show will be a masterpiece
Elyar .ds.
January 16, 2023 at 4:58 pm
Maybe THE LAST OF US is going to be real in future 🤔
Soo GT
January 16, 2023 at 9:14 pm
Dont jinx it😭
V man
January 16, 2023 at 4:59 pm
That talkshow bit at start was really effective, really sets the whole apocalypse setup in only 3-4 minutes 🔥 💯
Harley_CatxXes
January 16, 2023 at 5:04 pm
Man I’m proud of them this was a good idea this show will be a masterpiece
Harley_CatxXes
January 16, 2023 at 5:04 pm
HBO is really going all out with the show, they even invented the fungus IRL to promote it
Punisher6791🇺🇲
January 16, 2023 at 6:21 pm
Naughty Dog really did their homework.
dingo
January 16, 2023 at 7:36 pm
Nature is terrifying.
MatrixGaming
January 16, 2023 at 8:26 pm
I forgot that this video was about a videogame and it’s tv series 😂😂…while watching this it actually felt like I was watching discovery channel 😂
JL Jason
January 16, 2023 at 9:23 pm
In 1968, a scientist said that if the fungus, example cordyceps, mutates & able to infect humans, there wont be any defense; no cures, no prevention. we lose!
Zeekeal VR
January 16, 2023 at 9:34 pm
This just made the game that much scarier
bloodcorer
January 16, 2023 at 10:02 pm
Guess I have to cancel my pizza order for tonight…
Mr. Koda
January 16, 2023 at 10:54 pm
Could a zombie virus actually happen in todays world?
TheFallen812
January 16, 2023 at 11:45 pm
eh maybe not the one you see in movies, but if rabies were to evolve into something stronger… then yes we have a problem.
Aliah M.
January 16, 2023 at 11:46 pm
im glad i know some of these back when i played the video games
Rand U
January 17, 2023 at 12:00 am
Excellent.
Shawn Wavy
January 17, 2023 at 12:49 am
8:30 hmmm where did I hear this?
Predator Cove
January 17, 2023 at 1:05 am
She’s gorgeous
aliciap1nk
January 17, 2023 at 1:22 am
It sounds like she says “udder cicada” when talking about the butt spores and I giggled.
Kanska
January 17, 2023 at 8:10 am
Last of us has came along way
Navrix
January 17, 2023 at 11:20 am
All sunshine and fun until some mad scientist bio engineers fungi to get inside humans
Fred Landry
January 17, 2023 at 1:06 pm
She is a cute Dr.
Afiq Jr
January 17, 2023 at 1:15 pm
Thank god bless those ants
Ethan Lackey
January 17, 2023 at 1:40 pm
I thought cordyceps was only able to grab muscles/limbs? Trapping the host inside. Well I thought that was the new understanding of what it does now unless that’s just a specific species. This is in response to the hallucinations bit btw.
BarelyWatch
January 17, 2023 at 2:07 pm
The scary part is this is type of zombie outbreak is highly likely.
Leo
January 17, 2023 at 10:23 pm
Not highly likely but out of all zombie outbreaks it’s highly plausible
Humty2K
January 17, 2023 at 2:27 pm
Eyy university of Utrecht. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
RickyTricky57
January 17, 2023 at 4:38 pm
I think the answear to why there are so little humans in tlou isn’t because the fungus are (directly) killing its hosts, it’s because humans are killing the parasite, consequently killing the hosts. The fungus are smart enough to infect other humans when controlling the human but hey’re not smart enough to know when to run away or to how to use complex techniques like stealth and weapons, only knowing how catch a prey/possible host, gathering other parasites and roughly communicating
NightmarePhantom
January 17, 2023 at 5:05 pm
Not sorry to say but people who study this need to stop messing with this stuff.
Ever since the last of us I learned of the inspiration and seeing what it can do to mankind…seriously has scared me to death because there is a possibility this fungus can mutate one day and could be a reality. Plus with the last of us part 2 there are 5 stages technically with the rat king mutation the original host
Kazekame3
January 17, 2023 at 6:09 pm
Wasn’t the same concept in world war Z I maybe mistaken but wasn’t it cause by some form of fungus. Also in the girl with all the gifts. There were spores involved as well.
Snake Shadows
January 17, 2023 at 6:43 pm
With the last part of the video, the Doctor basically explained that the fungus wouldn’t wipe us out. Because if it did, how would the fungus survive without its human hosts? The game and the show make this strand of cordyceps sound like an invasive species. One that consumes every human it comes into contact with. In that regard, the cordyceps could and would wipe out humanity without the thought of saving some for later.
That guy lui
January 17, 2023 at 6:55 pm
If the world got warmer wouldn’t our body temperature also get warmer so the fungi wouldn’t be able to adapt to our bodies even if it was able to adapt to warmer temperatures.
Buzz Fuzz
January 17, 2023 at 6:59 pm
“It can infect humans too” – OH NOOOOOOO!!!
“Actually, human extinction is not likely” – ok, that is better…
“Fungus wouldn’t wipe out its potential hosts” – ok, that doesn’t make me feel any better, wtf?
Mikkaeru
January 17, 2023 at 7:54 pm
Tl;dr it’s possible that “few” people can turn into mushroom zombies. She didn’t say it’s impossible.
Kou Lor
January 17, 2023 at 8:44 pm
Watch this happens, let’s all be prepared
Łukasz Świdurski
January 17, 2023 at 8:54 pm
She looks and sounds like Jennifer Carpenter, kinda.
LolXD
January 17, 2023 at 9:27 pm
They actually said that in the first episode
Anpeo
January 17, 2023 at 9:50 pm
5:05 “When you’re lost in the darkness look for the light”
MEMATRON
January 17, 2023 at 10:55 pm
There’s a reason crazy catladies are crazy.
mi st
January 17, 2023 at 11:40 pm
Suprised, how Debra Morgan didnt use a single curse word.
SpaceJamGaming
January 18, 2023 at 12:31 am
The last of us! ❤️
i jiwbnerjvhbohjweuirbjh
January 18, 2023 at 1:14 am
Can we have a zombie apocalypse irl pls
Gwar-Deth
January 18, 2023 at 1:19 am
first thing they are not zombies they are zombie like
Devon For Sure
January 18, 2023 at 5:36 pm
The last of us franchise could kick off into an entirely new game and j hope they do
Jessie Wood
January 18, 2023 at 5:46 pm
I hope this is the start of faithful game to movie/show adaptions. It was really well done so far and there are so many stories in gaming that should be experienced by non-gamers.
Personally I find it works better in episode format.
scottieroc4eva
January 18, 2023 at 6:47 pm
not zombies u dummy. gtfoh
Jose Gonzalez
January 18, 2023 at 7:14 pm
Honestly what happens in this show will happen In real life. I believe it
Ott3PO
January 18, 2023 at 7:34 pm
I was ok with the video, till she said the same thing that the doctor in the prologue of ep 1 lol
Just Jano
January 18, 2023 at 7:53 pm
at 00:02 seconds in the video is that a spoiler? that zombie kinda looks like tess, am i tripping? i know how what happens to her in the game so i dont think its her but like doesnt that look like her?
M Bank
January 18, 2023 at 8:09 pm
Looks like another downside on global warming that breed fungi but ofc ignorant humans will gonna just laugh it off just like the beginning of the show
Zepher_Blackstoc
January 18, 2023 at 8:10 pm
There was an actual case in France in 1951. A crop got infected by a fungus called Claviceps purpura. The crop was made into flour, which in turn was made into pastries. It is estimated that 250 people were infected, 50 were sent to insane asylums, and 7 died. An 11 year old boy attacked his mother in a fit of rage and tried to stringle here. Combine with the Cordyceps, and you have a baseline for the zombies in the game and show.
Colin
January 18, 2023 at 8:25 pm
I like towel the last of the show and game makes an accurate depiction of zombies
Christian Unterweger
January 18, 2023 at 8:28 pm
Dexters sister is alive 😮
Pvt. Duckling
January 18, 2023 at 8:35 pm
They just had to spoil Tess’ bite when talking about immunity instead of showing Ellie…
James Burke
January 18, 2023 at 8:47 pm
It’s only a matter of time before something happens like this for real
InsultLK
January 19, 2023 at 12:06 am
💀💀Even if it did they don’t have plot armour like the games and movies
andrew boteler
January 18, 2023 at 8:50 pm
anyone with a garden will recognize the fungus flies that start gluing themselves to higher-up leaves. these dying flies grow into the leaves and produce mating pheromones that attract suitors to attempt to mate with the infected body, then fly off to spread it to future partners. not nearly as exotic as it might seem.
mensjeggikkvidereavogtilsåjegkorteglimtavskjønnhet
January 18, 2023 at 9:03 pm
5:11 “They will climb up a plant to search for light”
When you’re lost in the darkness…
A7T0R
January 18, 2023 at 9:25 pm
This show is really promising so far after episode 1
Brutal Carnage
January 18, 2023 at 9:45 pm
wait u telling us that mold turns u into an alpha male XD where’s the moldy bread at!
Tremori
January 18, 2023 at 9:45 pm
New fear unlocked
The Bloop Sound.
January 18, 2023 at 9:46 pm
I couldn’t understand with her accent. Is chicken of the woods edible or inedible?
Janis Chonev
January 18, 2023 at 9:48 pm
What will happen if i eat one???
Max Shaw 13
January 18, 2023 at 10:29 pm
People, Please! Stop saying zombies. Zombies are reanimated dead. This and PLAUSIBLE scenarios are INFECTED. Come on, let’s not be so lazy and just say infected and be correct, rather than incorrectly muttering zombie. Jesus. Honestly. hahahahahaha
Jezz Lundkvist
January 18, 2023 at 11:43 pm
This is very interesting stuff!
William King
January 18, 2023 at 11:43 pm
Are you shur they are real
CCan_max
January 19, 2023 at 1:09 am
Cool video!
CCan_max
January 19, 2023 at 1:09 am
First episode was fire
DarkX1000
January 19, 2023 at 1:19 am
What if I eat the stalk? 7:36
Luke Huizenga
January 19, 2023 at 5:37 pm
*yikes*
Michael Fitzgerald
January 19, 2023 at 5:54 pm
Yeah we’re screwed.
Kunal Das
January 19, 2023 at 6:01 pm
Halo Ring …we need
yoyo milkyway
January 19, 2023 at 6:20 pm
Well, we’re all gonna die 👍
Jam Dev
January 19, 2023 at 6:46 pm
Going to need several showers after watching this.
raidermaxx23
January 19, 2023 at 6:55 pm
well the purpose of the fungus in Last of Us was a weapon used by nature to get rid of Humanity..
1989sneakerhead
January 19, 2023 at 8:26 pm
They said movies get zombies wrong but no they dont. There’s a dofference bwtn fungal infection and a viral one that attacks the nervous core. Plus once dead the reanimation is due to the body cells bein recharged by the viral toxin.
FishyTheCrafter
January 19, 2023 at 8:42 pm
can this happen to humans??? hopefully not
Gabby Omega
January 19, 2023 at 9:21 pm
thats crazy omg.
Sarah M
January 19, 2023 at 9:46 pm
As someone who has played the game a few times, I appreciate this video.
Imagining someone who hasn’t though, we just saw what happens to a couple of major characters.
chi yamamoto
January 19, 2023 at 9:49 pm
前からずっと
chi yamamoto
January 19, 2023 at 9:51 pm
進化論の仕組み流れシステムコントロールコンプリート機能全員食事薬💊地球🌏単位て考えるからavatar輪廻転生するから早く早送り早くしろ！💢新品種高知能指数生命体になるから更新してアップデート❤️
XEZOO2
January 19, 2023 at 10:05 pm
Tbh this is scary
Joe Shields
January 19, 2023 at 10:06 pm
I love how they left humans off this list. Majority of humans have a parasite, fungus, or bacteria in their gut that influenced decision making.
Jean Paul DeJoria
January 19, 2023 at 10:32 pm
Don’t forget to credit 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle. That movie was a true masterpiece and one of the first to ever do zombie movies with this premise.
Nemesis
January 19, 2023 at 10:37 pm
So basically yes,, it could actually happen in the future
Justin's Garage
January 19, 2023 at 10:48 pm
Ah yes it always leads back to climate change.
Gabriel P
January 19, 2023 at 11:17 pm
Looks like Morgan Webb, the science version
Aaron Rumack
January 19, 2023 at 11:23 pm
Butt fungus!
Alberto García
January 20, 2023 at 12:06 am
Nature can be horrifying
Šídlo
January 20, 2023 at 12:27 am
As an antkeeper I’m happy to see ants more in mainstream!
moonlight fitz
January 20, 2023 at 12:36 am
😮😮😮
Shaquille Estampador
January 20, 2023 at 12:39 am
The Last Of Us
Jump, the Gun
January 20, 2023 at 12:49 am
Imagine facing a bloater irl 💀
TurinTuram
January 20, 2023 at 12:54 am
obligatory nature = savage