Timeline for Surviving Organ Failure
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| Jun 8, 2023 at 19:01 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | "zombies only go down with a head shot" <- Some organisms die quickly once they lose thier ability to reproduce, or once reproduction is successful. If the fungus is saving the brain mass to grow its spores in as Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis does, and that mass gets destroyed, the fungus might go into a sort of shock and die to prevent competition with other zombies who can still reproduce. | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 13:49 | history | bounty ended | Hi0401 | ||
| Jun 8, 2023 at 2:28 | vote | accept | Hi0401 | ||
| Jun 6, 2023 at 13:03 | comment | added | Hi0401 | ＠flox phys.org/news/2015-02-bacteria-exchange-nutrients.html "Observing the co-culture under the electron microscope revealed structures that formed between bacterial strains, which functioned as nanotubes and enabled the exchange of nutrients between cells." Turns out bacteria can do this too. Can I say that the zombie pathogen is a bacteria and that infected cells link together for the same effect (gives nutrients to the eyes, ears, muscles and nervous system and expels waste products)? Could this be technically possible to engineer 2~3 years into the future? | |
| Jun 6, 2023 at 11:46 | comment | added | flox | @Hi0401 "Is it scientifically possible have the fungi keep the nervous system and sensory organs alive too, and have the infected brain control the infected muscles" - It sounds plausible, although there must be a reason Cordyceps currently doesn't do this. Some kind of interception by the fungus to the ant's eyes and senses must be the case to coordinate movement up a trunk or branch, but brain functions for an unknown reason are bypassed - however research on the fungus is still ongoing. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 12:00 | comment | added | Martamo | @GiantSpaceHamster Yes, off topic, but I'll indulge. It is probably really painful. Having your exoskeleton torn apart and fungus growing inside you. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 11:58 | comment | added | Martamo | @Hi0401 It was my pleasure. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 11:49 | comment | added | GiantSpaceHamster | Offtopic, but, ouch. I don't know what a normal ant death is like, but this seems like a particularly bad way to go. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 11:41 | comment | added | Hi0401 | @Martamo Posting a whole new question is too time consuming... I feel like it would be better to just solve everything here. Thanks for all the help though! I really appreciate it! Can't believe someone actually went ahead and gave it a try. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 11:07 | comment | added | Martamo | @Hi0401 I feel at this point I have given a lot of helpful information and from this point you can just hand wave it. If you have a specific problem please feel free to ask a new question. Thank you. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 10:55 | comment | added | Hi0401 | @Martamo Yeah, except in this case they are actual zombies and not just "the infected" (fake zombies, hate them) | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 10:54 | comment | added | Martamo | @Hi0401 It is the "Last of Us". In the game it is spores, which is why the main protagonist has the gas mask. In the TV show it is via consumption of flour based foods. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 10:52 | comment | added | Hi0401 | also how long would your average Joe/Jane (in zombie form) survive after being zombified? | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 10:50 | comment | added | Hi0401 | Is it scientifically possible have the fungi keep the nervous system and sensory organs alive too, and have the infected brain control the infected muscles? This could explain more intelligent behavior from the zeds and satisfy the "zombies only go down with a head shot" thingy | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 10:48 | comment | added | Hi0401 | that kinda takes away the point of the zombies though... | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 7:36 | comment | added | flox | @Hi0401 No need to bite them - Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis usually spreads via atmospheric spore ejection over existing ant colonies (hence the fungus control over the ant to increase elevation as far as possible). Spores can also lie on the ground indefinitely for an ant from nearby colonies to be infected by walking over it on the ground. Once on the ants body, the spore enters the body through its exoskeleton via enzymes, for which it has no defence. Entire ant colonies have been known to be wiped out by a single spore, for which the fungus has specifically evolved to infect. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 7:11 | comment | added | Hi0401 | So can I have the evil cultists engineer a strain of the zombie fungi so that it kills someone, hyjacks their skeletal muscle system, sustains it by breaking down the rest of the body (skin, organs, fat, and stuff) and makes the corpse chase down people and bite them to spread the infection?? :D | |
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| Jun 5, 2023 at 5:44 | history | answered | flox | CC BY-SA 4.0 |