It’s a whole episode about the biology of The Last of Us in an attempt to tap into the zeitgeist! What’s the deal with Cordyceps? Could this happen in real life? Are we doing SEO right??
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Sources
Basic fungal biology: http://bit.ly/3ZRi4ie
Cordyceps controlling a cicada: https://youtu.be/FAVAVHAptyQ
Cordyceps controlling a beetle: https://youtu.be/EBQNpyAdmfc
Entomophthora muscae example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anxoresua/6867594070
Entomophthora muscae and its released spores: https://bit.ly/3EV6pXJ
Entomophthora muscae range map: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Entomophthora+muscae
Snail with nematode parasite (PRETTY GROSS): https://youtu.be/Go_LIz7kTok
Parasitic barnacle: https://youtu.be/sCvTHrzI-Sk
Body temperature vs. fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19827944/
Climate change is selecting for heat-resistant fungi: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mBio.00061-10
Climate change is increasing fungal infections: https://www.wired.com/story/fungi-climate-change-medicine-health/
Not a lot of medical solutions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549129/
We breathe a lot of spores and it’s okay: http://bit.ly/3JusTkR
Most fungi aren’t infectious: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453709/
No spores for the show: http://polygon.com/entertainment/23562421/last-of-us-cordyceps-spores-tv-show-hbo
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Episode 88 – Dog Sh!t 2: Even More Dog Sh!t
UNLOCKED: Ep. 84-88 Bonus Outtakes (plus some other stuff)
Episode 87 – The 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza
Episode 86 – T.A.P.S.’d In
Episode 85 – The (Italian) Old Man and the (Adriatic) Sea (Monster)
Episode 84 – Beers for Fears
Episode 83 – Windy City Spirits
Episode 82 – Creature Features Part II: Suffice It to Say...
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Episode 81 – Creature Features Part I: A SciFi Original
UNLOCKED: Ep. 69-72 Bonus Outtakes
Episode 80 – Below Underneath
Episode 79 – Oh. Canada.
Episode 78 – Not the Real Sredni Vashtar
Episode 77 – Toto Tales
Episode 76 – Mos' Scotia
Episode 75 – Dog Sh!t
Episode 74 – Ho, Dag!
Episode 73 – In the Weeds on the Meat Man
Episode 72 – Have Doughnut
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