I always think about the zombie stories where everyone is infected with some fungus or parasite that turns them into mindless demons… and all I can think is that this *literally* could be happening in some form across our society and we wouldn’t even know it.
Just look around at the mental and physical state of most people. Hard to dismiss outright, imo.
quoting note1e5s…ch7zA zombie tarantula.
Actually, Ophiocordyceps caloceroides infecting a tarantula. The fungus keeps the host alive as long as possible and directs the spider to the place where assocarps can spread the fungi spores more effectively
[📷 Ian Suzuki]