What If You Ate Cordyceps From The Last Of Us?

Ғылым және технология

This nasty little fungus has jumped from the screen into your life. You've just eaten the deadly parasite spores from the Last of Us. But where would you find this fungus? How do its spores turn living things into zombies? And how could this fungus improve your love life?
00:00 What If You Ate Cordyceps From The Last Of Us?
00:44 How much of this drama is based on reality?
02:34 Fungal Infections in Humans
04:04 Humans Eating Cordyceps
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Пікірлер: 272

  • @potatomatop9326
    @potatomatop9326 Жыл бұрын

    If you ate cordyceps then it will be The Last Of You.

  • @scorpion-man28

    @scorpion-man28

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed...

  • @jaggerryba3791

    @jaggerryba3791

    Жыл бұрын

    Zanahahahahaha

  • @gabrielecupogc

    @gabrielecupogc

    Жыл бұрын

    🥁

  • @tsnmproductions

    @tsnmproductions

    Жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @visigoth24earah

    @visigoth24earah

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldnt agree more haha

  • @DieHardRedemption
    @DieHardRedemption Жыл бұрын

    Clickers are the least you must be worried about. Bloaters can destroy you (literally)

  • @felton6786

    @felton6786

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah but clickers are more common and there more faster

  • @darkx115

    @darkx115

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the shambler or rat king

  • @darthalghul6338

    @darthalghul6338

    Жыл бұрын

    Guy's....what scares the hell out of me aren't runners or clickers, it's the raiders. They are brutal and desperate. They rape and pillage. One of my biggest fears is having someone make me watch while they do terrible things to my family

  • @homerbugadogrower

    @homerbugadogrower

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing compared to my wife when I forget our wedding anniversary!

  • @Omar-er9cv

    @Omar-er9cv

    Жыл бұрын

    Boaters are people who were infected for a decade or so

  • @sampark2056
    @sampark2056 Жыл бұрын

    I am glad there is more to the fungus taking over our bodies than is presented in the show, cause it's terrifying

  • @slayintricks4682

    @slayintricks4682

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Seeing those clickers and stalkers in the games freak me out. Just imagine if they were able to take over humans and control them in real life

  • @darthalghul6338
    @darthalghul6338 Жыл бұрын

    What scares the hell out of me aren't runners or clickers, it's the raiders. They are brutal and desperate. They rape and pillage. One of my biggest fears is having someone make me watch while they do terrible things to my family

  • @flowerorcaela
    @flowerorcaela Жыл бұрын

    " If you wanna survive.. Like Joel " NAUGH YOU DID NOT LMAO...

  • @tdhhellian7509
    @tdhhellian7509 Жыл бұрын

    "If you wanna survive, like Joel...." *Cries in TLoU2 intro*

  • @Nadira_Grey
    @Nadira_Grey Жыл бұрын

    If you want to survive like Joel, That's a laugh!

  • @PookieNummikas

    @PookieNummikas

    Жыл бұрын

    *golf club Sounds*

  • @chairy9775

    @chairy9775

    Жыл бұрын

    Abby: yeah, i don't think so..

  • @aigerakabane1312
    @aigerakabane1312 Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact : this fungi is farmed from caterpillars and eaten by Chinese racers because it gives extra oxygen

  • @JasonMcgraw666
    @JasonMcgraw666 Жыл бұрын

    I'm liking the tv show right now especially episode 8 that was a great episode 👍

  • @SxxS9

    @SxxS9

    Жыл бұрын

    The game is better but the show is not so bad

  • @lvarwall-ti8po
    @lvarwall-ti8po Жыл бұрын

    Request: What if humans suddenly become the size of an ant? lets see how it will effect world and society

  • @cesarvictorino8624
    @cesarvictorino8624 Жыл бұрын

    What if wild animals suddenly gained human intelligence?

  • @getcaughtin4klol752

    @getcaughtin4klol752

    Жыл бұрын

    furries

  • @homerbugadogrower

    @homerbugadogrower

    Жыл бұрын

    We lose

  • @bulletguitar14

    @bulletguitar14

    Жыл бұрын

    @@homerbugadogrower the biggest of facts

  • @umashankars2493

    @umashankars2493

    Жыл бұрын

    It'll still take them thousands of years to evolve from swords and spears into rifles and nukes.

  • @sajjadhabib1116

    @sajjadhabib1116

    Жыл бұрын

    we nuke

  • @OMG_thats_random_OG
    @OMG_thats_random_OG Жыл бұрын

    This is such a cool channel thank you

  • @WhatIfScienceShow

    @WhatIfScienceShow

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @cholodelrosari0543
    @cholodelrosari0543 Жыл бұрын

    Its ironic that in real life, Cordyceps has some benefits to improve our health

  • @Biologyman63
    @Biologyman63 Жыл бұрын

    “Chinese has ate the Cordyceps Fungus for a long time!” Well I’m not too surprised 💀

  • @blackqweenmars

    @blackqweenmars

    5 ай бұрын

    Fr they be eating literally everything over there bats, cats, dogs, baby birds, etc. They be making use of anything that’s remotely edible.

  • @gaminGShafayat96
    @gaminGShafayat96 Жыл бұрын

    Ima a big fan love ur videos ❤ every video of urs is intresting

  • @thesun6211
    @thesun6211 Жыл бұрын

    While the whole plant looks about as appetizing as Cordyceps fungus, Eleuthero or Siberian Ginseng is about as good of a health tonic according to lab research data.

  • @sampark2056
    @sampark2056 Жыл бұрын

    The scary thing about this though is that in the wrong hand gene editing and a zombie fungus could result in a situation like this

  • @jamespostle6894

    @jamespostle6894

    Жыл бұрын

    It would be nearly impossible to turn this fungus into a viable infection. The human body is too warm and complicated, and there's no reason for the fungus to make such a huge jump. This won't happen in real life, and it's kinda tiring seeing so much misinformation being spread around.

  • @Invhenshun

    @Invhenshun

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jamespostle6894rue, very true, but can you explain Chernobyl for me? It’s making me scared, i mean- if cordyceps came to chernobyl, we’d be doomed.

  • @jamespostle6894

    @jamespostle6894

    Жыл бұрын

    @Geargorex cordyceps can't really grow there since it's too cold, but even if they did, the chances of that specific mutation happening are slim to none. Also, much of the chernobyl area is safe and isn't very radioactive anymore.

  • @ruinthuessia1078

    @ruinthuessia1078

    Жыл бұрын

    Man y'all watch too much zombie shit

  • @KanyeWest665
    @KanyeWest665 Жыл бұрын

    Love these vids

  • @TSierra
    @TSierra Жыл бұрын

    I love the video game, I would watch “theRadbrad” play it since he’s my favourite gaming KZreadr. Great video What If!

  • @FebruaryHas30Days

    @FebruaryHas30Days

    Жыл бұрын

    Here before What If hearts your comment

  • @amanprnonia1277
    @amanprnonia1277 Жыл бұрын

    This is really interesting..I was just watching this web series and KZread popped notification for this vedio. Isn't it something wierd?

  • @charlieclark9552
    @charlieclark9552 Жыл бұрын

    I see this as an absolute win, too bad I cant afford it I hear it tastes good

  • @HI-ej8rl
    @HI-ej8rl Жыл бұрын

    Enjoying your videos all the time!

  • @chesterjohnecleo2155
    @chesterjohnecleo2155 Жыл бұрын

    Clickers , Runners, Bloaters, and the rat monster.

  • @jaysee5971
    @jaysee5971 Жыл бұрын

    I swear at this point, all his new videos are basically already answered in his older videos

  • @krispin_juice729
    @krispin_juice729 Жыл бұрын

    the fungi actually grows in Asia and other places with environments like Asia

  • @Claire_Aft
    @Claire_Aft Жыл бұрын

    Love ur vids

  • @iwanttoknow10
    @iwanttoknow10 Жыл бұрын

    Good job!

  • @Liz_727
    @Liz_727 Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact:you can get cordysepts for free if you just find an infected ant no cap

  • @zafreelazha2524

    @zafreelazha2524

    Жыл бұрын

    not really, the ant bite isn't strong enough to get past the tissues.

  • @Liz_727

    @Liz_727

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zafreelazha2524 no like I meant not the virus itself in the game but in real life like those expensive ones

  • @w0rST_Gr4D13nT

    @w0rST_Gr4D13nT

    Жыл бұрын

    Spelt *Cordyceps

  • @zafreelazha2524

    @zafreelazha2524

    Жыл бұрын

    @@w0rST_Gr4D13nTstfu

  • @w0rST_Gr4D13nT

    @w0rST_Gr4D13nT

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zafreelazha2524 why? I was just saying how it's properly spelt, I'm not being mean

  • @patriotenfield3276
    @patriotenfield3276 Жыл бұрын

    I have a Question:- What if Earth spins on it's equator ? in simple words , what if Earth spin from South to North or North to South, like in my dreams.

  • @luciferStar420
    @luciferStar4204 ай бұрын

    Man last of us has nothing on 28 days later zombies but still equally as scary because this could actually be possible one day

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737Ай бұрын

    Similar to the fungus zombifying ants, that is so dark

  • @jeremyscobby7153
    @jeremyscobby7153 Жыл бұрын

    Why did I watch this before I fell asleep

  • @chancegarrison7636
    @chancegarrison7636 Жыл бұрын

    This is why the polar ice caps should never ever fully melt away!!!!!!

  • @NotReal_Co
    @NotReal_Co Жыл бұрын

    What if the cordyceps mutated?

  • @vimal-cliobconsulting
    @vimal-cliobconsulting Жыл бұрын

    How come watch ratio is so small comparison to the subscribers

  • @Terriblemoviesinc
    @TerriblemoviesincАй бұрын

    0:59 yes spider extinction yes yes yes yes😊

  • @Skeleton85452
    @Skeleton85452 Жыл бұрын

    I will never sleep again after watching this video 🙂

  • @zinlinoo3899
    @zinlinoo3899 Жыл бұрын

    When someone ate cordyceps Me: WE'RE DOOM

  • @fahimredwan
    @fahimredwan Жыл бұрын

    Lovw what videos❤❤

  • @RealOfficialSkully
    @RealOfficialSkully10 ай бұрын

    I guess ima be thinking of this when l eat pancakes btw thank you what if l just learn a lot of more things even tho I’m a kid watching this.

  • @hydroaegis6658
    @hydroaegis6658 Жыл бұрын

    It's impossible for the fungus to mind control you to this extent. Human brains and bodies are too complex, so don't worry.

  • @marks9127

    @marks9127

    6 ай бұрын

    Have you seen rabies?

  • @B4D0rr
    @B4D0rr Жыл бұрын

    Did you know in ep 1 Sarah didnt make pancakes real life saver

  • @skeii_____
    @skeii_____ Жыл бұрын

    Harold is in fear

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737Ай бұрын

    Becoming Zombified by eating a parasitic fungus

  • @Angel_Donoghue
    @Angel_Donoghue2 ай бұрын

    I thought it meant what if you ate someone with codeceps coz I wanna know

  • @Mgarcia-cq2wk
    @Mgarcia-cq2wk Жыл бұрын

    There's different types of cordyceps. So it depends on which you consume. Research goes a long way

  • @lester9448
    @lester9448 Жыл бұрын

    What is a cordycep

  • @Thomas-VA
    @Thomas-VA Жыл бұрын

    wait, doesn't even fungus have an enemy? weaponized bacteria, weaponized orchids lol?? They can do a movie where fungi rule the world, only to be wiped out by bacteria and it can all start over.

  • @KomarihkateMarcVillar
    @KomarihkateMarcVillar Жыл бұрын

    How do u came up with this idea

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like fun

  • @SaNcHiTSaWaNT
    @SaNcHiTSaWaNT Жыл бұрын

    What if you were bitted by a black widow spider?

  • @blackqweenmars
    @blackqweenmars5 ай бұрын

    I’m so happy that these funguses can only be found in insects

  • @R1ch4rd_N1x0n
    @R1ch4rd_N1x0n Жыл бұрын

    Cordyceps aren't from The Last of Us. They're from real life.

  • @TrollDevil
    @TrollDevil Жыл бұрын

    What if someone is allergic to cordycep

  • @Honeybee33333
    @Honeybee33333 Жыл бұрын

    **Me reading between the lines**

  • @akashrai6739
    @akashrai6739 Жыл бұрын

    Just found fungus infecting in human from India, guess we need to be ready for some action💀

  • @lester9448
    @lester9448 Жыл бұрын

    Never heard of em

  • @jupiterhero7479
    @jupiterhero7479 Жыл бұрын

    What if Humans have Photosynthesis??!! -- will it solve the hunger of taste with just the light of the sun?

  • @ivaerz4977

    @ivaerz4977

    Жыл бұрын

    We would look like plants and green in color

  • @DamianGreene-wm5ri

    @DamianGreene-wm5ri

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ivaerz4977 And all die from global warming or even get swarm by bugs that eat plants

  • @maxperrlol421
    @maxperrlol42118 күн бұрын

    bro you know something bad my body is only 30 deggress bro the cordyceps die at 165 deggress and more man im so getting infected

  • @crizardcreeper9699
    @crizardcreeper9699 Жыл бұрын

    What if the multiverse has only one creator

  • @brandonharristsw7516
    @brandonharristsw7516 Жыл бұрын

    Oh no

  • @celticlass8573
    @celticlass8573 Жыл бұрын

    I eat cordyceps militaris every morning.

  • @ihavenosleep247
    @ihavenosleep247 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know zombie could change their clothes and gender in the thumbnail 😂

  • @peacemaker178
    @peacemaker178 Жыл бұрын

    If that real, i Will be Spiderman because everything is possible lol

  • @johnyschissler752
    @johnyschissler752 Жыл бұрын

    People actually already eat and supplement cordyceps

  • @THEeyepatch11
    @THEeyepatch11 Жыл бұрын

    How could bites infect a healthy human considering fungus transmission is done through spores? Spores in saliva would breakdown through acidity.

  • @tylerlow3300
    @tylerlow3300 Жыл бұрын

    I ate cordyceps after having covid.

  • @thefrog414
    @thefrog414 Жыл бұрын

    So this will actually happen in the future cause the sun is growing and it'll get hotter and hotter so good luck to those who will be born in like 100 billion years.

  • @edgarguerra7927
    @edgarguerra7927 Жыл бұрын

    3.5° F according to science. All it needs to start adapting to a human body temperature. Of course 3.5 is a lot.

  • @Lurkingbird
    @Lurkingbird Жыл бұрын

    yo what if the internat didn't exist

  • @cheesecake12fr
    @cheesecake12fr Жыл бұрын

    I was born without pancakes:(

  • @williama6751
    @williama6751 Жыл бұрын

    That's why they are pushing eating bugs right now... only a matter of time

  • @EveryOneHatesMe1x
    @EveryOneHatesMe1x Жыл бұрын

    Well shiiii I can try it because I’m immune haha I wonder if it tastes good 🤔

  • @DamianGreene-wm5ri

    @DamianGreene-wm5ri

    Жыл бұрын

    Wait a damn minute why u let Joel die u monster

  • @EveryOneHatesMe1x

    @EveryOneHatesMe1x

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DamianGreene-wm5ri bro i tried to help him 😭

  • @DamianGreene-wm5ri

    @DamianGreene-wm5ri

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EveryOneHatesMe1x Lies i tried killing a bloater and all you did is sit there and run around in circles useless i say useless go back to being chained on the wall again

  • @crazzeyme
    @crazzeyme Жыл бұрын

    Nobody try this we need to live

  • @abhiyanrana602
    @abhiyanrana6023 ай бұрын

    It's scary to think about that the The Last Of Us fungus is actually real but can't infect human a yet... What it this actually happens

  • @jonahnewt4412
    @jonahnewt4412 Жыл бұрын

    ah yes, cor-dee-ceps

  • @danod2336
    @danod2336 Жыл бұрын

    I get it now

  • @w0rST_Gr4D13nT
    @w0rST_Gr4D13nT Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, i dont think my dream will become a reality

  • @LovelyBellaDoggy2311
    @LovelyBellaDoggy2311 Жыл бұрын

    i wish fungus never existed so we will never eat and worry to turn into zombies

  • @boks3948
    @boks3948 Жыл бұрын

    Is that actually works? Lets find out

  • @Nor1998_
    @Nor1998_ Жыл бұрын

    Seppuku.

  • @jaredrobinson7071
    @jaredrobinson7071 Жыл бұрын

    nothing they cook with codyceps.

  • @aiedany5326
    @aiedany5326 Жыл бұрын

    If you ate cordyceps everything will be Doom instead of The Last of Us

  • @macwelch8599
    @macwelch8599 Жыл бұрын

    What if the steampunk era was real?

  • @heisenberg779

    @heisenberg779

    Жыл бұрын

    good idear

  • @paulo_9423
    @paulo_9423 Жыл бұрын

    Clickbait title, the transformation takes so much longer

  • @emeraldandblue
    @emeraldandblue7 ай бұрын

    no way

  • @gamigams
    @gamigams Жыл бұрын

    Don't think you gotta discuss it I think everyone knows 🤔

  • @Sgt.Michael845
    @Sgt.Michael845 Жыл бұрын

    Plot twist you ate it

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737Ай бұрын

    Benefits: used to treat diseases

  • @Mustangpilot24
    @Mustangpilot24 Жыл бұрын

    There is actually a fungus from the last of us that’s real but if only affects insects

  • @MidnightWanderer
    @MidnightWanderer Жыл бұрын

    Give shitake daddy some sugar...😚🥞🥗

  • @namenoname3094
    @namenoname3094 Жыл бұрын

    OK. I ve eaten them. And I m not dying.

  • @timyassa4343

    @timyassa4343

    Жыл бұрын

    How did it taste?

  • @ivaerz4977

    @ivaerz4977

    Жыл бұрын

    Update

  • @melle1996meijer
    @melle1996meijer Жыл бұрын

    Also not to forget and to take into consideration is apart from warming up the planet the human average body temperature has been getting lower we have been thought it should be 36.5C but am always around 34/35 Celsius if I have a temp of 37 I am feeling rough bed bound and sweating while feeling ice cold not in a good place

  • @amaheshpatro1999
    @amaheshpatro1999 Жыл бұрын

    Please upload your "What if hindi" channel 🙏

  • @jonathan6935
    @jonathan6935 Жыл бұрын

    The last of Ants

  • @BatchASMR
    @BatchASMR Жыл бұрын

    Im curious, what if you forced someone to eat an insect that is infected by cordyceps? Would they turn or not? I do pray that it happens in real life, sometimes. I need some answers, serious ones, please.

  • @newedgemaster
    @newedgemaster Жыл бұрын

    What am Chinese it’s good and healthy

  • @user-ln4pt6wf8d
    @user-ln4pt6wf8d Жыл бұрын

    Scary

  • @keamsilva
    @keamsilva Жыл бұрын

    please do a what if we found MH370

  • @yuanabreiltungkopanon9006
    @yuanabreiltungkopanon9006 Жыл бұрын

    Ok so after 2 days he turns into a zombie girl?

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