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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
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So you know how some mushrooms can control brains of ants they attach to?

What if you found out your pet cat or birb was being controlled by one since one week before you adopted them?

Would you go get it removed or is it like the fungal hivemind is your pet now?

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hahattpro lemmy.world hahattpro@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-15
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This is scientific impossible.
Fungal cannot live inside mammal yet, because mammal body temperature so hot.

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hahattpro lemmy.world hahattpro@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-15
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But i watch Pokémon. When your Paras evolve into Parasect, its still your Pokemon, still good.

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betterdeadthanreddit lemmy.world betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-06
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This is scientific impossible. Fungal cannot live inside mammal yet, because mammal body temperature so hot.

Tell that to anyone who has had a yeast infection or other fungal disease.

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TranquilTurbulence lemmy.zip TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-05-19
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Tell that to anyone who has had a yeast infection or other fungal disease.

The ones I’m aware of are on the outside of the body.

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betterdeadthanreddit lemmy.world betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-06
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The ones I’m aware of are on the outside of the body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungemia

It's certainly less common but it happens. Can also have fungus in the lung-us or under the surface of the skin (fungus lives on plant thorns and is transferred when someone or something gets scratched).

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golgorath lemmy.world golgorath@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
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This is scientific impossible. Fungal cannot live inside mammal yet, because mammal body temperature so hot.

*Most fungi...
Others can.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucormycosis

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#8 · Quote Reply

It would explain why he's such a fungi.

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TranquilTurbulence lemmy.zip TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-05-19
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungemia It's certainly less common but it happens. Can also have fungus in the lung-us or under the surface of the skin (fungus lives on plant thorns and is transferred when someone or something gets scratched).

Ignorance was bliss. Now I can’t unsee these horrors.

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silly_goose lemmy.today silly_goose@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-25
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Reminds me of an episode of House md. A 17 year old girl finds Dr House really attractive, hits on him really hard and starts stalking him.

spoiler

Turns out she had a parasite in her brain affecting her judgement. House cures her.

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nitroemdash lemmy.wtf nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2026-05-30
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_was_a_mushroom

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