lord_whimsy ([info]lord_whimsy) wrote,
@ 2008-06-23 09:46:00
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Entry tags:curiosities, natural history

THINK YOU HAD A ROUGH WEEKEND?


Tell it to the poor little devil I found in my garden. It appears he ran afoul of a Cordyceps fungus.

~W


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[info]maggieb
2008-06-23 02:09 pm UTC (link)
We had a hail storm. Hail the size of large Garbanzo beans! Furious!

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(Anonymous)
2008-06-23 02:14 pm UTC (link)
poor thing

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[info]cargoweasel
2008-06-23 02:25 pm UTC (link)
oh god the cordyceps fungus, my greatest fear is a version of that that infects humans and then we're talking evil horror movie stuff.

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[info]sonoftomorrow
2008-06-23 03:06 pm UTC (link)
Actually, minus the whole blowing-a-hole-in-your-head thing, something similar may already be the case:

Cat Parasite May Affect Cultural Traits In Human Populations

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[info]baerd
2008-06-23 02:37 pm UTC (link)
That is by far one of the most impressive things that I have come across in recent times.

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[info]therevsoup
2008-06-23 05:00 pm UTC (link)
That fungus might be the coolest thing I've seen in a long time, although I doubt this guy in the picture would agree.

But dang. A parasitic fungus that grows out of the bodies of insects? That is really cool, and I had no idea it existed. And on some level, I'm glad it does.

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[info]mercuryglare
2008-06-23 10:20 pm UTC (link)
one type of cordyceps is harvested & used in herbal supplements in humans as an immune booster. it's been used in chinese medicine for hundreds of years.

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[info]razz
2008-06-24 07:07 am UTC (link)
Oh no!

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