Science wasnât actually certain how fungi like cordyceps âhijackedâ their hostâs behavior, and we always kind of assumed it was causing some simplistic damage to the brain.
As it turns out, it works much more elaborately and much MORE like the dramatized sci-fi horror parasites constantly inspired by it.
These fungi integrate themselves on the cellular level with the hostâs tissues, actually seem to send signals to the hostâs muscles and even alter the hostâs genes with their own.
All the while, THE BRAIN ISNâT INVADED AT ALL.
These fungi, all along, have been converting their hosts into animal-fungal hybrids they control while the hostâs brain and consciousness remain helplessly alive and largely unaltered.
Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.
I know youâre being facetious, but this is an actual issue with morphology-based phylogeny.
*leans over and whispers to person beside me* what are they talking about
*leans over and whispers back* Â Human ability to quantify and categorize natural phenomena is sketchy at best and wildly misleading at worst
consider the coconut
this reminds me of that time Plato defined humans as âfeatherless bipedsâ and Diogenes ran in with a plucked chicken screaming âBEHOLD A MAN!â
i love how you say âit reminds me of that timeâ like you were there.
listen if an immortal feels brave and supported enough to come out we should respect them
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I maintain that humans started attempting classify animals, and some god or another made the platypus, and is still laughing.
Zeus: *hits joint* okay so like. Itâs gonna have a duck bill right. But an otter body okay? And then a beaver tail. Itâs a mammal. But. It lays eggs!
Hades: wait wait dude. Give it. Give it poison. Make it poisonous
Athena: You mean venomous, and make sure the eggs have both reptile and bird traits.
Hermes: *takes the joint* Give it extra senses.
Poseidon: It should be aquatic.
I MEAN whereâs the lie
Demeter: ⌠And where exactly do you expect me to put this?
electricity tickles the meat so that different slimes come out. sometimes the slime feels good sometimes bad. some people make more bad slime than good slime. thatâs called clinical depression.
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