@InvaderXan what the fuck xan
@GreenandBlack I had the exact same reaction
@InvaderXan lmao gotta preempt the online pedants
@professor_stoke Yeah, there’s literally always at least one!
@InvaderXan how else are we supposed to learn? /s
@professor_stoke Without all these people to overexplain things to me, I wouldn’t know anything at all!
@InvaderXan please tell me it's from a parody/satire website
@maloki Sadly not. Fortunately, they aren’t *actual* zombies, but even so.
@InvaderXan @maloki
me: phew!
me, three seconds later: uh oh
@dreadpirateyarr @maloki Oooo does it include the zombie ants??
@InvaderXan @maloki no! Just deer, raccoons, snakes, dogs and cats. We should write in and tell them about the zombie ants
@dreadpirateyarr @maloki OMG the fungus controlled zombie ants are simultaneously horrifying and fascinating, and I'm pretty sure they inspired an episode of the X-Files one time.
Just in case you don't already know about zombie ant fungus:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/
@InvaderXan @maloki I remember reading about them not long ago, I can’t remember if it was from a post on here or not! Another reason to be terrified of fungi
@dreadpirateyarr @InvaderXan @maloki
Cordyceps will get us all, I keep saying it.
@maloki @InvaderXan I read the article and what's actually happening is that the gases from the decaying corpses sometimes push them out of their graves, which are generally only three-ish feet deep
@InvaderXan The danish headlines about this was much more boring
@lilletale Unlike, apparently every other news feed in the world
@lilletale @InvaderXan
The second I saw the headline I knew this was about Denmark
@anarchiv @InvaderXan I was so confused when NRK filed this as domestic news:
@lilletale @InvaderXan
Denmark now a colony? What goes around comes around
@InvaderXan it’s GREAT CLICKBAIT YEAH but the reality is much more boring. their bodies inflated. they did not become alive.
@InvaderXan Zomby woofs and weasels, they ripped my flesh!
(Before any one tries to correct me, yes I know that mink are not actually weasels. But they are from the family Mustelidae, which is known as the weasel family. So)