A 'CREEPY' dead Tarantula infected with a 'zombie fungus' has been captured on video by a researcher working in the Peruvian Amazon. The fungus is called Cordyceps, which - if you think that ...

A wildlife researcher in the Peruvian Amazon has discovered a tarantula infected by the "zombie fungus" Cordyceps, a rare and eerie find. "It took over his nervous system and forced him to come to ...

A field researcher working in the Peruvian Amazon captures video footage of a tarantula that appears to have died after being infected by a fungus called Cordyceps, also known as “zombie fungus.” ...

And then as he died, the fungus sprouted out of his body, allowing the spores to spread to another unsuspecting tarantula.' If this sounds familiar, it's because Cordyceps was the inspiration ...

The image shows a tarantula infected by zombie fungus. (Instagram/chrisketola) Chris Ketola shared the video on Instagram and wrote, “Cordyceps is a genus of fungi that primarily attacks ...

For newcomers, the story revolves around a pandemic caused by the Cordyceps fungus, turning people into terrifying, zombie-like creatures. While some describe these infected humans as similar to ...

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