If you thought fictional zombies walking around on film were scary, the condition that turns creatures into mindless eating machines actually exists in nature.
Three-year-old black lab Mocha nearly died from a blastomycosis infection after likely inhaling a fungus from the soil around his home.
While the show has been praised as the highest-rated series currently on IMDB, the inspiration for the terrifying apocalyptic world is unfortunately something that is very real. The spores of the cordyceps have been observed to cause the insects they infect to be erratic before the fungus eventually takes control of the host's minds and motor functions.
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