The Viral "Hollow Bug" That Broke the Internet

Zombies— they actually exist, but not in a way you might think. Did you know that cicadas can become zombiefied and walk around with their abdomens hollowed out? Or that an infection can cause ants to lose all muscle control while their body is being eaten alive? Let’s get into it.

Sources:
[Zombies: A History]
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/how-america-erased-the-tragic-history-of-the-zombie/412264/
https://www.youtu.be/kdphXtLDz_I
https://www.youtu.be/07s-cNFffDM

[Zombie Viruses in Pop Culture]
https://zombie.fandom.com/wiki/Romero_zombies#Process_of_infection_and_reanimation
https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Zombies#Definition
https://left4dead.fandom.com/wiki/The_Infected#Computer-Controlled
https://28dayslater.fandom.com/wiki/Rage_Virus
https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Plaga
https://thelastofus.fandom.com/wiki/Cordyceps_Brain_Infection
https://www.youtu.be/MeJzHSxRq40
https://www.youtu.be/-f7diBj3MbM
https://www.youtu.be/5B4MmGouOr0
https://www.youtu.be/N2nhVYNzULY
https://www.youtu.be/Y_EviQj5tvA
https://www.youtu.be/o6owOeTd6cs
https://www.youtu.be/g85rD0N4bZ4
https://www.youtu.be/xPiah1wZjpk
https://www.youtu.be/Ze9l5xiCEns
https://www.youtu.be/IjxFtFwY6jk
https://www.youtu.be/zXjO11aa74k
https://www.youtu.be/bKNOTDS8hmA
https://www.youtu.be/8cJTnz0PGyQ
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/The_Last_of_Us_Logo_2.png
https://www.youtu.be/W01L70IGBgE
https://www.youtu.be/Z4nfEq8GQzo
https://www.youtu.be/Nw7lBY8lGLc

[The danger that waits underground for 17 years: Massospora Cicadina]
Licensed from Newsflare: https://www.newsflare.com/video/362933/
https://www.youtu.be/NQCpADKtc64
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/587052/psychotropic-fungus-eating-away-cicadas-genitalia-and-boosting-their-sex-drive
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19813-0
https://www.fungusfactfriday.com/221-massospora-cicadina/
https://www.youtu.be/mSmD43tS9O0

[The infection that traps ants into doing their bidding: Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis]
http://movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/video/10.1073/pnas.1711673114/video-1
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/but-not-simpler/the-fungus-that-reduced-humanity-to-the-last-of-us/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/how-a-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-jaws-to-deliver-a-death-bite
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Cordyceps
https://thelastofus.fandom.com/wiki/Cordyceps_Brain_Infection?file=Military_Pamphlet.png
https://youtu.be/XuKjBIBBAL8
https://www.youtu.be/vijGdWn5-h8

[Other Sources:]
https://youtu.be/4EC7P5WdUko
https://www.youtu.be/4sc5Etz8Xz8
https://youtu.be/9IM3YE0BZuo
https://www.youtu.be/POpYt4cHlFs
https://youtu.be/mgTNGUNddMk
https://youtu.be/_c_ql9mlkkU
https://youtu.be/U5vTBRAhgd4
https://youtu.be/yPOJFAZyEVA
https://www.youtu.be/Nw7lBY8lGLc
https://www.youtu.be/64fn8P5rQWo
https://www.youtu.be/w2pHN6xEF1c
https://www.youtu.be/aCzmOknrN70

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