Imagine waking up, looking out the window and seeing strange creatures rushing down the street,
Host of The Infographics Show in one of the issueson YouTube, he told what awaits humanity during the zombie apocalypse and how this can even happen. In fact, there are several options for events due to which the walking dead will appear.
Moreover, some people even now believe thatthe dead are among us. This idea comes from Haitian folklore, in which the dead are raised using dark magic. At the same time, the creature that comes to life at the same time – this is no longer quite a person: something in his soul is changing, usually such zombies simply do not have the ability to make difficult decisions – they can only carry out simple commands.
Scientists have found that doing this with a livingit is really possible for a person: for this, they can be given a powerful neurotoxin that would paralyze them completely and slow down their body so much that they would look like dead. After that, the person must take Daura stramonium toxin, which causes prolonged disorientation. In this state, it is very easy to suggest something to a person, and this state resembles the state of a zombie. Although it still cannot cause a zombie plague, since people under the influence of these substances do not become infectious.
In the world of flora and fauna there are mushrooms that cangrow on the body of tropical ants. As a result, the fungus begins to affect not only the body of the ant, but also the brain. Because of this, the insect has convulsions and dies, spreading further fungal spores. Experts began to call such ants zombie ants. At the same time, the likelihood that such ants could infect humans or other animals with the fungus is very small.
Also, wasps, for example, are distinguished by an unusualway of reproduction. They lay their eggs inside a still living being. Usually it turns out to be a spider or some large insect. Individuals that hatch from the egg begin to eat the creature from the inside. There is also a wasp Zatypota percontatoria, which lays larvae in the body of small spiders, and the spider cannot get rid of them in any way and eventually begins to create a cocoon. Scientists believe that this happens because the larvae secrete special hormones that control the behavior of the spider.
Most often, wasps are not so dangerous for humans, butthere are species that can kill large animals with a bite. For example, this is the Asian giant hornet. Such hornets and people are killed, but only as a defense.
If we talk about plants, then they are amazed by suchharmful bacteria like phytoplasmas. Such substances cause abnormal plant growth, rapidly spreading rot, strange growths. These bacteria spread through insects. The problem is that humans are also vulnerable to bacteria. True, even if phytoplasmas hit people, they are unlikely to turn them into zombies, as happens with plants.
Pets can also be founda parasite that turns them into puppets. This is Toxoplasma gondii. According to statistics, up to 50 percent of people around the world could be infected with it. However, most of the time it's not that serious. This parasite can cause flu-like symptoms in humans, but usually a person does not even suspect that they are infected. The problem is that almost all warm-blooded animals, including cats, can become infected. When Toxoplasma gondii infects mice, it affects their brains in such a way that their anxiety is reduced and their instinct for self-preservation is blunted. Therefore, if a cat eats such a mouse, then these parasites may appear in its digestive tract. Although this microorganism can mutate, there is little point in worrying that it is dangerous to humans, since it does not target humans due to its life cycle.
There is, however, a disease that cansummon a zombie plague. This is mad cow disease. This is not a virus or a bacterium, but a prion disease that affects the prions in the brain, causing them to mutate. Because of this disease, memory problems arise, behavior changes, clumsiness appears, vision deteriorates up to blindness, dementia develops, and then all this leads to coma and death. It is terrible that this disease is incurable and always leads to death. In addition, the disease is transmitted through contact with spoiled beef (for example, through a bite of a hamburger), through blood transfusion, and possibly through donated sperm. They can also be contracted by eating squirrel brains.
Also in the permafrost, scientists once discovereda pitovirus containing 500 unique genes, each one ripe for mutation. Now experts are carefully studying how this virus can affect a person these days.
At the same time, experts can create a sourceplague zombies on their own. There are areas in the human body that take longer to recover than others. This is, for example, the nervous system. The fact is that the human body cannot heal some injuries on its own: those that are associated with the brain and spinal cord. Some scientists are trying to use stem cells to try to revive the brain after death. However, until now, the human brain itself remains largely a mystery to specialists. Therefore, even a minor mistake can lead to the fact that a person will become completely different. That is, if you try to restore damaged tissue in the brain, then theoretically a person can become very suggestible because of this.
There is a possibility that in the future to help "repair"the human body will be microscopic robots. At the same time, scientists believe that in the future it will be possible to program robots in such a way that they will create new systems of their own in the human body and will be able to reproduce themselves. In addition, specialists from the University of Nebraska were able to place a silicone chip in the virus. As a result, the virus died, but the mechanical component itself worked as a humidity sensor for another month after the death of the organism.
News stories cannot be equated with a doctor's prescription. Before making a decision, consult a specialist.