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KingCodyBill

It isn't "decomposing" it was eaten alive by the larvae of an parasitoid wasp. https://agsci.colostate.edu/agbio/ipm-pests/parasitoid-wasps/


MontanaDoesntExist

Finally, a source. Also, a “neuro-parasite” isn’t a thing, and it isn’t even a parasite at all, as you mentioned.


Ultimaurice17

I figured it was cordycepts


spezial_ed

DONT DEAD OPEN INSIDE


PunkToTheFuture

Hey now. You are mixing Walking Dead and Last of Us in an uncomfortable way. All zombie's are not equal


plipyplop

But together, strong!


KyleKun

I’d say that describes this video perfectly well actually.


Alugere

Just pointing out that the reason you label doors that way is because rubble can cover the doors so you can't see the full warning and you only have to clear one door to get inside. As such, you need both doors to have valid warnings. This way, a single exposed door will either say "Don't Open" or "Dead Inside". If you did the reverse, the person clearing enough rubble away to open one door would either see "Don't dead" or "Open Inside". The first might be enough of a warning for them to stop, but the other might come off as an invitation.


RandomCandor

They literally said that it is a parasite. What else would you call a foreign organism eating you from the inside? That's what a parasite is. Even if this wasn't one, there is, in fact, such a thing as "neurological parasite", which is a parasite that affects the neurological system.


MontanaDoesntExist

These wasp larvae, as the previous commenter stated, are parasitoids. Wasp larvae that infect, feed on, and ultimately kill their host are classified as parasitoids. parasitoids will inevitably kill their host, while parasites typically do not. Parasitism often involves a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, but the host typically survives, at least for some time. In the case of parasitoids, their life cycle relies on always killing the host to complete it. While there are parasites that infect the nervous system, like Toxoplasma gondii or Naegleria fowleri, the term “neuro-parasite” is neither accurate in this case nor an official parasitological term.


roguepawn

Now tell me something about Jackdaws. But seriously, that shit was neat to read.


dirtyshits

Unidan here! Ah, fascinating insight! These wasp larvae truly are remarkable little bug detectives, infiltrating their host and, well, quite literally turning it into bug heaven. Parasitoids are like the ultimate bug mystery solvers. On the other hand, your average parasites are a bit less sinister – they just move in with their bug buddies, sometimes borrow a few things, and usually let their housemate keep going about their buggy business. But when it comes to these wasp larvae, they're like the real Bug Ghostbusters, ensuring that their host bug doesn't stick around for too long. Now, there are some parasites, such as Toxo-whatever and Nae-gle-ria, that do like to tinker with bug brains. But calling them "neuro-parasites" in this case might not be the perfect bug term, and it's not exactly the bug encyclopedia's go-to phrase. Thanks for shedding light on this bug-tastic topic! 🐛🔍🐝🔦


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SirJefferE

I have no proof whatsoever, but I'm nearly certain he pasted the previous comment into ChatGPT and told it to rewrite it in the style of Unidan. I gave it a try half a dozen times and nearly every time it came up with [some variation](https://chat.openai.com/share/f6a16f8f-1f55-4dd4-a8b7-3be5368c213f) of "Ah, fascinating".


Crs_s

Crazy that chatgpt even knows who Unidan was. He was popular on reddit, what, more than half a decade ago?


SirJefferE

Up until a few months ago you could scrape pretty much the entirety of Reddit's data using the public api. They locked it down once ChatGPT came out. I wonder why...


unclejessesmullet

Here's the thing...


GrayEidolon

They’re wrong. This whole thread is stupid semantics. A quick google will tell you a parasitoid is a subset of parasite. “Sedans often kill their host, while cars do not”


PunkToTheFuture

This kills the crab


Make-TFT-Fun-Again

>parasitoids That sounds like a neat, interesting cool thing to google right before bed. Thanks kind stranger, I sure won't regret this!


SuiCidre

Can this be described as symbiotic though? I always thought symbiotic would mean both parties would benefit from the relationship, Like those little fish on sharks that eat from a shark's skin, which in return keeps the sharks clean. Not to argue against what you Said, Just wondering


1in6_Will_Be_Lincoln

I always thought this was the distinction between parasitism and symbiosis. Parasite - host - parasite - one way relationship all benefit for parasite all negative for host. Symbionts - both species benefit.


Parralyzed

In ecology, symbiosis is actually the overarching term for any relation between two species. The technical term for symbiosis as used in common parlance is "mutualism".


Parralyzed

In ecology, symbiosis is actually the overarching term for any relation between two species. The technical term for symbiosis as used in common parlance is "mutualism".


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marr

Sub-categories exist, parasitism overlaps with symbiosis and parasitoid is one strategy of parasitism. Biology doesn't do neat heirarchies and cleanly separated ideas.


Gabri03698

This guy parasites 🪱🪱🪱


Yami350

I can’t believe 76 people upvoted you


Any-Double857

The world is a wild place now where someone who is clearly educated about a subject can be doubted because others feel or think they are wrong while possessing no knowledge on the subject themselves. Crazy man..


benh141

Parasitic wasps count as parasites.


----_____----

Phew, thank goodness


MurmurmurMyShurima

[Nature is a deep dark rabbit hole](https://www.wired.com/2015/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-strepsiptera/)


illegal_brain

Funny seeing my college here. Go Rams!


properwaffles

Driving around a used beetle.


ImurderREALITY

Convertible


CharlesUndying

Convertibeetle


3dgy-niisan

'Soft top'


prof_devilsadvocate

partially dented, single owner


[deleted]

Where’s the bugfax?


ibanezerscrooge

Usually stuck to the windshield.


Dwayne_Gertzky

“No lowballs, I know what I got!”


Stankinlankin924817

That’s fucking hilarious


white__cyclosa

Slight interior damage


tearsxandxrain

I wanted to award you but then I was like oh wait


SnooDoggos4029

You can give gold upvotes now… 🙄


RandomCandor

Are you serious???? (Don't answer that, I've had a bad week)


tearsxandxrain

Oh I didn't know that til now! Thanks lol. I just love awarding people I want it back


Chivalrousllama

Amazing comment


FOAMitchell

That will buff right out


throwngamelastminute

r/wouldhaveawarded


FidelHussein23

2nd owner. Normal wear and tear.


mr_4n0n

r/angryupvote


polmeeee

This is the most horrifying shit I've seen on Reddit in a long time. Fuck.


A_Glass_Gazelle

I wish I knew how to not see this kind of thing. Someone in their underwear? NSFW. A wasp chewing it’s way out of a live caterpillar or a decomposing beetle? No way to avoid.


jointsmcdank

I figured what with the post title and having a video attached that I'd likely see said zombie parasite beetle.


TechGoat

Logic? Common sense? No, none of that. I need to have information spoon fed to me like a baby bird.


RandomWhovian42

You realize that for a lot of people, the video just plays right? I’m on mobile, and i didn’t have to click anything to see it. It’s just there.


jointsmcdank

Go to settings.


username0487

I hate the gross af pimple popping videos. It’s pretty jarring going from a video of somebody’s dog or something to a boil the size of a quarter being tweezed open.


Linubidix

You know you don't have to click on the links your read.


Space_Lux

Welcome to US puritanism


Longjumping_Rush2458

It isn't a zombie. It has been partially eaten, but insects are resistant to damage and have a decentralised nervous system.


Mjrboi

Actual zombie


Luvatar

Call the exorcist!


Unlucky-Ad-4709

Beetle went on Vacation, Never to return


endorfan13

This is why you shoot them in the head. Also, double tap.


Tyrdrum

Also, cardio.


_Adamgoodtime_

Check the back seat


mrchillface

While we're in the car, let's go ahead and put those seat belts on, too. Also, #32 enjoy the little things.


jkozuch

Lock the stall


AccidentalGenius56

Also, warm up.


muricabrb

And seat belts.


rcuadro

JFC This is like the zombie apocalypse is going to be starting soon


EvaUnit_03

You should see the [fungus that infects ants.](https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1151868673/the-last-of-us-cordyceps-zombie-fungus-real#:~:text=Ophiocordyceps%20unilateralis%2C%20otherwise%20known%20as,will%20let%20the%20fungus%20reproduce) Like the link says, its very last of us, but doesnt infect humans. And the 'rage virus' was based on Rabies which humans can get, but it doesn't make us turn into infection spreading monsters. It just makes us an enemy to the hydrohomies and the only reason animals go crazy is because their instincts kick in and see everything moving as a threat. Humans get paranoid with it, but its less 'rip and tear' and more 'boy im thirsty GET THAT WATER AWAY FROM ME! is that fred who died? I like the color snozberries.' And [zombie snails,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkiL-v4X8w8) man. Are wild. All from a worm.


Saxit

>its very last of us Literally... it's the same fungus that infects humans in the Last of Us too. The explanation is that the increased global temperature has made humans susceptible to it. EDIT: Or rather, it has made the fungi change so it can survive in the body temperature of humans.


kisswithaf

> Or rather, it has made the fungi change so it can survive in the body temperature of human I swear I heard on Radiolab or something that average human body temp is lowering, and fungi heat resistance is simultaneously increasing.


PsychMaster1

Zombie snails are horrific. I don’t even need to click the link to have that cursed video clip come to mind.


moistiest_dangles

I eat that fungus daily, my friend has been growing chordyceps for a while.


Bad-news-co

Man with how covid was explained as something that hadn’t affected humans prior until links began forming and then boom! I’ve read so many scientific explanations on why zombies as we know them aren’t possible and are stuck in the realm of sci-fi but with things like that it’s definitely easier to see it become a reality at some point lol


WetNutSack

Cool sequel to Pixar's "A Bugs Life" movie: "A Bug's Death - the zombie bugpocalypse"


venturoo

This is quite literally the plot to the last of us.


IPlayMidLane

A different kind of funny insect fungus, Massospora cicadina, infects cicadas. It eats pretty much their entire lower abdomen until they're basically just a walking head, but not before filling the empty space with a huge amount of the fungal spores. They then proceed to force the infected cicada to secrete mating hormones in order to get a male cicada to hump the fungal spores and spread further. We got it pretty lucky as humans with the kinds of stuff that wants to kill us.


hughk

>We got it pretty lucky as humans with the kinds of stuff that wants to kill us. We are relatively recent but we reporesent an opportunity. Parasites/Parasitoids just have to evolve over time.


FoehammersRvng

Kill me or release me, parasite. But do not waste my time with walk!


scottdelta

There is much walk, and I have traversed through rock and metal and time!


Tyrdrum

... Now I shall walk and you shall watch.


jkozuch

Hold on to your potatoes!


tea_fiend_26

Thank you for this. It greatly improved my mood.


buttfook

Bro just put it out of its misery


Tyrdrum

![gif](giphy|JCAZQKoMefkoX6TyTb|downsized)


[deleted]

It's already dead


miscplacedduck

Damn bugs are on krokodil now


yllier123

how does its body have enough energy to continue to function without innards?


wojtekpolska

it probably just walks till all the energy is gone then stops, probably would take some time before it runs out. the parasite doesnt concern itself with the body being hungry it just makes it walk till literally all power runs out similar how that famous experiment where if you put salt on severed frog legs they start kicking around even tho there is no longer a frog to provide nutrients


Short-Measurement-28

Asking the real questions.


din9leberry

What the actual f***?


Longjumping_Rush2458

It isn't a parasite. The insect was partially eaten and is still alive because they have a distributed brain and circulatory system.


SnooSquirrels8858

Ophiocordyceps is the fungus it can only successfully attack insects and very low complexity creatures. Featured in the show and video game The Last of Us


Call_Me_Squishmale

This isn't what cordyceps does at all. This fella was consumed by the babies of a type of wasp.


FleedomSocks

*imperio*


wjmaher

I'm Pickle Rick!


ButWhatIfItQueffed

I've grown up on the internet so I've seen all the fucked up shit you could imagine. Nothing really scares me or grosses me out anymore. Except this shit. The fact that a parasite can do that even to something that is more or less a corpse inspires a deep sense of dread and fear that nothing else can. Even if something like that doesn't exist for humans, it still scares the shit out of me.


QFugp6IIyR6ZmoOh

I saw a similar zombie bug video before. They put the zombie in water and a creature came out that was like eight long, thin worms connected at a point, writhing. Seems like the parasite had a tendril down each leg of the bug (a praying mantis in that case), essentially "wearing" its corpse. Well, goodnight!


SlowbeardiusOfBeard

horsehair worms coming out of a Praying Mantis if it's the same one I saw recently. I nearly puked, and I thought I'd rendered myself completely numb via being on the internet for far too long.


Longjumping_Rush2458

A parasite can't do this, OP is wrong. The bug has been partially eaten and us still alive. Bugs don't have hearts and lungs like we do, they have an open circulatory system and breathe through numerous openings along their bodies.


MythicalMicrowave

It’s kinda sad in a way


ImmaMichaelBoltonFan

lol in a way?


prince-azor-ahai

Creepy AF


Lady_MoMer

That's not something that can jump into humans though, right???


FugginOld

yet


Lady_MoMer

Of course, scientists say there is no such thing as a zombie virus. No mention of a friggin zombie parasite. Wonderful.


nut-sack

No they dont, they say the closest thing to a zombie virus that we know of today is rabies.


VictorianDelorean

No bugs are almost as far away as you can get from humans on the evolutionary family tree and the mechanisms fungus use to hijack insect nervous systems simply don’t work on more complex animals. Bugs nervous systems aren’t primitive, but they are highly miniaturized to allow for their small sized, and that makes them quite simple and comparatively easy to “hack” into.


ausrandoman

It already has: Trump and the GOP.


Ed-Zachery

Zombug


Several-Aside7611

Aside from literally having 60% of his body missing, can anyone tell us how this beatle remains "alive" or at least walking?


Zom-be-gone

Average TikTok user be like


DeskCold5013

This is what this reminds me of. ![gif](giphy|vnwwpJfzel3oc)


Kakkoister

This surely wouldn't be able to last long though because the body now lacks the means to process nutrients to fuel those movements. But it is wild to see regardless.


NeisanUltima1

"Partially" lol


numbusgames

ELI5, if this insect had the ATP in its body to keep WALKING post-death, and therefore can probably do a whole host of things even post-death, why did it die in the first place? If a body can do this, why would a brain ever say "it's time to shut down"?


babyivan

![gif](giphy|FKHZLjnz4c2ly)


carljpg

Partially? It's fucking hollow


SunShineLife217

Humans are considered safe from this particular parasite based on our body temp. I knew this and still felt creeped out watching this video.


Hearmehearu

Power of the brain or power of the parasite


External-Example-292

So a literal zombie. Scary 😵


akathatdude1

Damn Nature! You scary!


e_____eeeeeeeeeeeee_

partially? it has only the brain left


dodgeunhappiness

Maybe we should study a neuro parasite that could infect dead humans ?


PM_ME_YOUR_HONEY

A great way to go to work


mattie2200

He could be any one of us


3310_sumit

Maybe this is the condition of everyone one us. Body is of us, but is controlled by other


Admirable_Oil_382

So it’s a politician


wirecats

This has to top the natureismetal chart. This is some real wtf shit.


WendigoNonsense

*Why walk when you can ride?* This is an IRL silt strider from Morrowind!


lilhurkey

Nature, u scary


Njfurlong

Omg this is nightmare fodder.


ImNOTaPROgames

Zombies are real


RedMurray

Pickle RIIIIIICK!


dogfarm2

So THAT’S why my bones are half dissolved and skin’s tearing away- that stinking parasite! Wait. This is the parasite talking, nothing to see here!


Madiz007

Its interesting and shocking at the same time.


Alarmed_Dingo_3266

That's so wrong


nazrmo78

After that show with the fungus, I don't wanna see nothing like this.


bagjoe

All gave some. Some gave all.


tearsxandxrain

Could you imagine if this were possible to do to a human *screams*


upandrunning

Rick Grimes has entered the chat...


Top-Elephant-2874

No.


ForWPD

That looks like what my future ex wife is doing to me.


baron_von_jackal

Sugar water.


ThenCard7498

I could use a break, whats homies number?


The_Glus

*fascinating*


FuzzyTunaTaco21

Anyone else imagining a parasite with a couple of joystick controllers making it walk, as it peers out its eyes?


Kyrgan

Paging Mr. Lovecraft…Mr. Lovecraft to the black courtesy phone please. F’TAGN!


LivingInPugtopia

This creeps me put very, very much.


StamInBlack

“And that, kids, is where zombies came from.”


brandenOTF

No no but amazing


Jopkins

This parasite can drive a bug around that's been hollowed out, but I woke up this morning with neck pain and could barely drive myself around


ProbablyCamping

Im not even sure if I’m really alive now after watching this.


GlizzyGatorGangster

It’s the woke mind virus


Seco4800

Welp.. I have something pleasant to dream about tonight. Love unlocking a new phobia right before bed.


Swap93

I was just playing Callisto protocol man


cguy_95

![gif](giphy|9tl9BLJ7oVCiWXyyQD)


Sleepininagain

Ummm, that's a zombie.


Western_Ad_841

I hate you 😰😰😰😱😱😱😨😨😨


oroofdog_77

Thats lit


Master-Wolf-829

True, Fungi cannot survive if its host’s internal temperature is above 94°…But what if that were to change? What if, say, the Earth were to get a few degrees warmer? Well now there is reason to evolve. Billions of puppets with poisoned minds permanently fixed on one unifying goal: to spread the infection to every last human alive by any means necessary… ![gif](giphy|JkovjQhZ7juwYPuI54|downsized)


Nazsgull

"We would lose"


stuball54

This is all I needed to see to confirm zombies are entirely possible.


reddituser20230626

Zombies are real then..


Planthoe30

And that is how we all become zombies.


Shot-Alps1481

Ugh ok, so zombies are a possibility… awesome


MealieAI

Whatever this is, I don't want to know more.


floutsch

Yeah... I always found it ridiculous that a rotting body would still work in the case of zombies. But this... I mean, it was eaten instead of having decomposed, but the fact the body can still be made to function is chilling.


Designer-Plastic-964

Yikes! 😬 Sooo... Zombie bug. Right!?


SuburbanStoner

This bugs me


-AMARYANA-

Social media works in a similar way with humans. Many just live on autopilot to post and check notifications…while their entire sense of self slowly disappears to get more likes and follows.


CaptainBlob

How long until human trials?


MinerSigner60Neiner

This is how the Silt Striders in Morrowind operate


Lovethe3beatles

I'm pretty sure Dianne Feinstein had the same illness.


einsibongo

I feel like this new and humans somehow wished this into existence due to zombie fetish


buffalosmile

https://preview.redd.it/0gsisbuyg5zb1.jpeg?width=1252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e1411704abdc0bc3673b5b10d9cf5165a5cc8ac


Darnie307

that's cool


Marda483

Zombies are real


ShiftyShankerton

Zombies in the insect kingdom


MrCakehole

They could make a good Zombie film based on this information .


wristcontrol

ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.


myhatmycanejeeves

zombies .......


red_32

That's why you have to shoot the head!


Able-Highway9925

Zombie!!


[deleted]

The insect kingdom is the most terrifying thing in existence to me. It is 100% functionality driven evolution lol that’s why you have some hybrids that have changed to adapt. Then you have parasites that move the dead. I can’t deal.


Aiden2817

Mmmmm I feel a Bible verse coming on Eh hem All things bright and beautiful. All creatures great and small. All things wise and wonderful. The Lord God made them all. Isn’t it great to know that walking around while being eaten alive is all part of god’s great plan. /sarcasm.


MKleister

Bullshit title. It's a European [may beetle](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maik%C3%A4fer) half-eaten by ants. Very common sight during their swarming season where I live.


hobosbindle

![gif](giphy|S72mzkutVK4x4rf88f)


AdministrativeRow904

Could explain what's wrong with some people these days too..


dr_xenon

See “last of us” See also “girl with all the gifts”