We all know what zombies are, from all kinds of movies and shows that try to show what a zombie really looks like and what a zombie apocalypse looks like. Have you ever wondered what a zombie outbreak could really look like? Research shows that zombies could exist or be created because viruses, bacterial infections and fungi and many other things, show symptoms of possible zombie behavior.
Humans can get infected by Fungi. Fungi exist in most of the world’s forests. Fungi, trees and other plants have a symbiotic relationship exchanging nutrients. Studies show that chemical signals can be transmitted from one plant to another via fungi. Which means that fungi filaments could perform both vascular and neural functions within a corpse. A fungus carries nutrients to muscles in the absence of respiration. Fungi grows within the brain, were it interfaces with the medulla and cerebellum. Fungi releases chemicals that activate basic responses within these brain areas. A fungus is able to convert chemical signals that can be transmitted by fungi that extend through much of the body. The signal method is slow and imperfect, which results in the uncoordinated movements of zombies. The fungus needs metabolize meat, and zombies seem to be able to function. A fungus evolves to extract energy and nutrients from meat into carnivorous plants. The fungi might draw energy from the decay of the host’s organic material, which means that it puts an effective shelf life on zombies.
A fungal species existed that used the digestive tracts of mammals to travel.
Animals ingested the fungus, including spores. The host’s immune system could destroy the fungus. Once the host has died, the mutations could lead to spores.
Pigs, which are omnivorous, coul...
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...ed to transfer into a new host.
The last act of a Nanobot zombie would be to bite a hole in a healthy victim, letting nanobots to steam in and set up camp in the new host. Once they’re in, they can shut down the part of the brain that resists (The cortex) and leaves the brain stem intact. In the future, runaway microscopic nanobots will end civilization by flowing the plant with cannibalistic undead.
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Changes in factors such as temperature and rainfall, which can affect the growth of the fungus in the environment and how much of it is circulating in the air.
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