It turns out that this mushroom exists in the real world!
cuplikan The Last of Us (HBO/The Last of Us)
First episodes The Last of Us has been released on HBO and received positive reception and reviews from fans.
This series adaptation of the game of the same name stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. Tells about a world hit by a pandemic in the form of a zombie infection caused by the Cordyceps fungus.
In this series it is also told that a Cordyceps fungal infection can attack the human brain so that it makes humans go out of control in just a matter of hours and change into terrible forms.
The Cordyceps fungus does exist in the real world, but can this fungus also infect humans to become zombies like in the game and the series? Here are 5 facts about the Cordyceps mushroom!
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1. Turning Insects Into Zombies
The Cordyceps fungus in the real world can indeed infect other living things to get out of control and eventually die, but that only happens to insects such as ants and others.
It is spread by airborne spores. In a matter of 7-10 days, infected insects will become out of control and die because of the fungus growing on the head.
Maker The Last of Us yaitu Neil Druckmann says he was inspired by the Cordyceps mushroom after watching a BBC nature documentary called Planet Earth which shows a dead insect infected with the fungus Cordyceps.
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