OMFG--Kill It!!! Burn it with Fire!!!!!!

[Maximum Carnage]

Poor Lizard! Yikes.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

http://io9.com/5918948/fungal-infection-causes-tarantula-to-grow-antlers

Dude... those "antlers" are actually a fungal infection?!

 

[Maximum Carnage]

Yeah.. There are some time progression YouTube vids out there. It's quite horrifying.

 

[KevanG]

I'm afraid fire just isn't going to be enough....get me a BFG 9000 damn it!

You can't have one until you have at least 1000 posts and 2 years here. I'm afraid you'll have to make due with a stick.

 

[Piper Maru]

If that's the way it's gotta be!

 

[Maximum Carnage]

I wouldn't touch anything in this thread with a 10 foot stick..

 

[Piper Maru]

Especially after watching the blob!

 

[Lighthouse]

I just watched that fungus video. I'm never sleeping again.

 

[El Payaso]

I wouldn't touch anything in this thread with a 10 foot stick..

I'd just shoot them with a gun and run.

 

[Maximum Carnage]

The fungus video with the ants? Yeah. Disgusting.

 

[Maximum Carnage]

 

[Maximum Carnage]

 

[Maximum Carnage]

 

[Piper Maru]

Just imagine being dropped into a pit filled with those nightmarish caterpillar things!

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Oh, HELLLLLL no.

I would just walk away and let them have the car. They can HAVE it, I say!

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I wouldn't touch anything in this thread with a 10 foot stick..

How about a 10 foot fungus antler?

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

More of the fungus at work:

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

 

[Lighthouse]

More of the fungus at work:

.....it looks like a chocolate ant with candy antlers...

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

.....it looks like a chocolate ant with candy antlers...

I dare you to taste it.

 

[KevanG]

I'll give you a dollar to eat it.


Hell, we'll start a pool and raise money for you to eat it.

For the inevitable hospital trip...

But anyway that's $1 to eat a bug. Anyone else going to pony up some money for it?

 

[Maximum Carnage]

Was that an intentional My Little Pony pun?

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Was that an intentional My Little Pony pun?

No, pony up is actually a real old term. So I'll assume he didn't.

As for that fungus, has it been found to affect humans? That stuff is scary.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

The best part about this fungus is that it takes over the insect's brain and tells it to reach the highest point possible before it dies. That way it's spores can be spread more effectively.

 

[KevanG]

Was that an intentional My Little Pony pun?

Not intentional.