Fungus Kills Tarantula

[viper69]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/world/video/tarantula-zombie-fungus-infected-talat-digvid

 

[jrh3]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/world/video/tarantula-zombie-fungus-infected-talat-digvid

I saw that the other day, very interesting because cordyceps has a lot of medicinal benefits.

 

[Mustafa67]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/world/video/tarantula-zombie-fungus-infected-talat-digvid

Poor T

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/world/video/tarantula-zombie-fungus-infected-talat-digvid

It’s tragic but nature is scary , The same Type of fungus Can Kill many animals. Different strains of it ofc.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I swear I have encountered people infected with this fungus. Usually when I'm driving I could swear alot of these other drivers have to be infected with it by the way they drive.

 

[LilithArachne]

I swear I have encountered people infected with this fungus. Usually when I'm driving I could swear alot of these other drivers have to be infected with it by the way they drive.

I think I'm infected with this fungus!!!

 

[Charliemum]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/world/video/tarantula-zombie-fungus-infected-talat-digvid

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/world/video/tarantula-zombie-fungus-infected-talat-digvid

That's both horrible and mind blowing at the same time.
There was a post in media the other day of an orb weaver with something like this , the spider was sitting in its web as if waiting for food but was covered in a fuzzy layer the poster said was fungus. Pretty sure it will be in the other spiders thread if you want to see, my link options are still black lol.

 

[The Snark]

I can't help thinking of people diagnosed with lung fungus checking into the hospital. Hello an welcome to your new home! Treatment regimens can go on for months,

 

[Tbone192]

Fungal infections can be nasty to deal with. Not like you can just dehydrate the host until the infection is cleared, at least not safely.

 

[Brewser]

"Truth is stranger than fiction"
Samuel Clemens

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I can't help thinking of people diagnosed with lung fungus checking into the hospital. Hello an welcome to your new home! Treatment regimens can go on for months,

fungus is a nightmare I avoid mold and dust . If any cage gets loaded up with fungi I remove it. Even if it’s harmless to the spider .

 

[The Snark]

Fungal infections can be nasty to deal with. Not like you can just dehydrate the host until the infection is cleared, at least not safely.

It's a twofold problem. First many fungi are hardy, more so than most bacteria. This is due to their job in nature; breaking down organic materials in a vast range of environments. From extreme arid deserts to swamps. Then the spores, the most serious survivalists of all living organisms on the planet - waiting around for a few years or a decade or two for that Saguaro to fall over so they can get busy or for a dry year when a stream bed dries up enough for them to grab some air, grow and help chew up the water weeds.
Simply not the organism for example you want finding a comfy living environment in the alveolus of the lungs, genitals, skin etc..