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Home / Videos / The Scariest Fungus on Earth

The Scariest Fungus on Earth

John P.

June 20, 2007 By John P.

Killer FungusThe Cordyceps fungus is the creepiest, scariest fungus on the planet. Just watching this video creeps me out.

Basically this fungus attacks all manner of insects and after driving them crazy it kills them, eats them, and grows out of them like some kind of re-run from the movie Alien.

Seriously, this freakish spectacle from the insect kingdom is not for the faint of heart.

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Comments

  1. Shawn Horwood says

    December 13, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    That is really cool John. Pretty disgusting though. Thank you for showing this!

  2. John P. says

    February 20, 2008 at 8:35 am

    Rob,

    Thanks for the tip about the video being gone. I found another version of it and have replaced it in this post, so now you can see it in all it’s disgusting glory! :-)

    John

  3. rob abshire says

    February 20, 2008 at 1:57 am

    dude the video isnt there. ive heard of this fungus but never seen it before in action. sounds interesting and disturbing at the same time

  4. George Sourrys says

    December 5, 2007 at 6:14 am

    Yeah it is from the Planet Earth series

  5. Tom Barr says

    October 17, 2007 at 9:20 pm

    Hmmm, maybe I should sell that fungus to people who have ant problems. I bought a type of snail that eats other snails and now I occasionally see my snails and don’t see the regular ones for years. Why not a fungus to take care of the ants?

  6. Lisa Marie Mary says

    October 17, 2007 at 11:44 am

    That is just beyond freaky. I completely have the heebie jeebies now. Oh boy, am I glad this post was brought to the surface! ;)

  7. John P. says

    October 17, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Thanks for the heads up. I’ve updated the link and the video is working again!

    John

  8. Angry Penguin says

    October 17, 2007 at 4:22 am

    Amazing build up, but the video is no longer there. I was looking forward to watching that.

  9. hthth says

    June 21, 2007 at 6:33 am

    “What is really scary is if it could be genetically modified to affect humans and weaponized.”

    Shhhh! John’s an ex-marine, some of his old generals might be reading the blog, don’t give them any ideas!

  10. Terry says

    June 20, 2007 at 10:58 pm

    I saw that video on Animal Planet or Discovery. It is amazing but I didn’t get he sense that the fungus controlled the mind of the ant but instead its growth affecting its ability to control its motor functions. It also mentioned that the fungus doesn’t affect every insect but there are several varieties that can affect many different species of insects. What is really scary is if it could be genetically modified to affect humans and weaponized.

  11. John P. says

    June 20, 2007 at 9:09 pm

    My pleasure. :-)

    I’m just glad there isn’t a version of this fungus that attacks humans. That would be not only creepy, but disgusting.

    John

  12. hthth says

    June 20, 2007 at 6:23 pm

    Man, this fungus is just incredible. Thanks for finding it, John!

  13. John P. says

    June 20, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Hmm. I’m not really certain where the video originated. I just came across it on YouTube…

  14. SEM Inc. says

    June 20, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    Is that from the Planet Earth DVD set? I just bought that for my Dad for Father’s Day. Those videos are completely amazing. This fungus though, is absolutely horrific. Could you imagine something like that that could attack a human being.

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