Did some one said Mind Control
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i was justing going through Fungal Infaction[^]articleon FB( page calle I fucking love science) it says "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." there is a you tube link also in the article.
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i was justing going through Fungal Infaction[^]articleon FB( page calle I fucking love science) it says "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." there is a you tube link also in the article.
Quite a few different fungi attack like this. It is common in nature for behaviour changes occurring as a function of a biological infection, but the fungi are the true masters of it. Psychological problems are often seen as a sign of fungal infections in humans. (IIRC Yeast infections actually cause depression (I mean clinical depression, not just feeling a bit down because you caught something nasty from a bed-buddy)). Neurotoxins are abound in this world, I think twenty out of the twenty-six Kingdoms of Life produce them.
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i was justing going through Fungal Infaction[^]articleon FB( page calle I fucking love science) it says "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." there is a you tube link also in the article.
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"Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies."
what like Luton?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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i was justing going through Fungal Infaction[^]articleon FB( page calle I fucking love science) it says "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." there is a you tube link also in the article.
These are not the Fungi you are looking for. Move along.
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i was justing going through Fungal Infaction[^]articleon FB( page calle I fucking love science) it says "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." there is a you tube link also in the article.
We are also pretty good at it. Rat poisons usually dehydrate the rodent - or otherwise make it seek out fluids. The idea is that it will come out of its hiding place to get them (reducing the chance of having a stench from a dead rat that you can't find). Additionally rodenticides don't have immediate and noticeable effects on the rodent, as they will usually eat a small amount of food (to test it) before committing to eating the lot. In all cases it isn't actually "mind control", it's impulse control. The host's or the victim's chemistry is usually altered in such a way that it seeks out traits in an environment that is beneficial to the parasitoid. So for example: "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." Achieved by: making the host photophobic (it will go to a dark place). Rabies is another good example, make the host hallucinate and paranoid and they will likely bite things to defend themselves.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. [Chinese Proverb] Jonathan C Dickinson (C# Software Engineer)
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i was justing going through Fungal Infaction[^]articleon FB( page calle I fucking love science) it says "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." there is a you tube link also in the article.
There was at least two X-Files episodes with mind controlling fungal infections. And this does not even include the 'Black Oil'.
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We are also pretty good at it. Rat poisons usually dehydrate the rodent - or otherwise make it seek out fluids. The idea is that it will come out of its hiding place to get them (reducing the chance of having a stench from a dead rat that you can't find). Additionally rodenticides don't have immediate and noticeable effects on the rodent, as they will usually eat a small amount of food (to test it) before committing to eating the lot. In all cases it isn't actually "mind control", it's impulse control. The host's or the victim's chemistry is usually altered in such a way that it seeks out traits in an environment that is beneficial to the parasitoid. So for example: "Some species also have mind-control capabilities, convincing the host to travel to a place where the fungus will find optimal growth conditions before the host dies." Achieved by: making the host photophobic (it will go to a dark place). Rabies is another good example, make the host hallucinate and paranoid and they will likely bite things to defend themselves.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. [Chinese Proverb] Jonathan C Dickinson (C# Software Engineer)
I had 3 bags of rat poison in a sealed bag stored on an inaccessible shelf, feet off the ground. A daring, hungry rat, must have jumped about 6 feet to the shallow shelf (2 inches deep) and devoured one bad completely. It's kind of sad that the most daring of them is the one that got died.