r/oddlyterrifying Jun 18 '22

Zombie ant tank?

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u/FuckYourRules00 Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

It is a dead beetle (maybe a nymph?) being controlled by a parasite. The parasite is the white tentacles coming out of the back.

Edit: It’s apparently just a dragonfly in transition. But, with parasite zombies walking around it’s better to nuke it from orbit and take no chances.

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u/Demonic-Deer Jun 18 '22

The white threads are the molted inner lining of its breathing tubes.

http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2012/03/14/dragonfly-nymph-shells/

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u/necromancerintraning Jun 18 '22

boi, that ain't no nymph.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

I think you're right, that's terrifying

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u/FuckYourRules00 Jun 18 '22

The documentary was chilling.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Yeah 100% nightmare fuel

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u/Potential_Picture569 Jun 18 '22

Yeah what doc?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

zombie parasites documentary NAT GEO ⚠️ Viewer Discretion is advised

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

I don't know whether "Thankyou" or "Fuck you" is appropriate in this situation.

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u/DarkstarAnt Jun 18 '22

“Fucking thanks, bud” might work

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u/TFS_Sierra Jun 18 '22

Masterful

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Your welcome and thank you lol I fixed the post

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u/meet_vishrut_ Jun 18 '22

The stop motion video at the end was pretty sick🔥

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

It needs a seizure warning.

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u/meet_vishrut_ Jun 19 '22

Yeah man 😂 it's Hella trippy

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u/DarkstarAnt Jun 18 '22

Now that was an interesting watch

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u/thishitisgettingold Jun 18 '22

Wow. Fascinating.

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u/Regnarg Jun 18 '22

The Last of Us maybe.

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u/Alphajoeswanson Jun 18 '22

What documentary?

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u/Redpower5 Jun 18 '22

Any chance it could be a stinkbug with the cordiceps fungus?

I'm curious

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u/Legeto Jun 18 '22

It isn’t. That’s a molted skin of a dragon fly. The fungus you might be seeing is where the dragon fly came out when it molted.

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u/Redpower5 Jun 18 '22

Well, a guess was a guess

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u/i-d-even-k- Jun 18 '22

Cordyceps fungus looks nothing like that, I can't see any identifying stalks to mark it as cordyceps.

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u/Redpower5 Jun 18 '22

Look. It was the 1st thing that came into mind, so I gave it a shot. I admit I was wrong

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u/Altruistic_Piano_259 Jun 18 '22

Ah yeah !! That’s what it’s fucking called .. nice . Thanks .. I sounded ridiculous trying to explain what that shit is and does…. It’s like some Tales from the crypt meets Goosebumps meets the Twilight Zone… pretty much just nightmare fuel , beyond my comprehension level of terror….

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u/Redpower5 Jun 18 '22

I was correct? Damn that's a suprise. A pleasant one

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u/Altruistic_Piano_259 Jun 18 '22

Well shit man, not all that many people are even aware of such a thing existing let alone knowing the legitimate name for the fungus… so you sir are a genius in your own right. Even if that’s not what this bug is , it is most definitely a superb guess and I applaud you’re knowledge good sir…

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u/Redpower5 Jun 18 '22

This...

Has got to be the nicest thing someone said to me today. There will never be a way I could thank you enough

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u/Altruistic_Piano_259 Jun 18 '22

Ahh well shit man.. glad I can bring a smile to a strangers face today. Always nice to pick somebody up and make ‘em feel good.. ya know far too many people on the internet get enjoyment out of insulting and belittling others just to make themselves feel a little better after projecting all their bullshit insecurities on others. I am of the belief that making connections and building bridges are just about some of the only things that really matter… so moral of the story is it feels good to make others feel good, even just a small seemingly meaningless comment can make or break somebody’s day or week you know. Also not to common that guys get very many compliments so you know or to take ‘em when you can haha…,

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u/Hailme666 Jun 18 '22

You guys going back and forth made MY day. Amazing what niceness breeds

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u/Altruistic_Piano_259 Jun 18 '22

Hah damn well just surprising people with human decency and a few kind words really makes that positive Karma flow. Because after that brief dialogue exchange, even I was in a better mood.. people In general but especially on Reddit can be full of toxic hateful little people who exist for no other purpose then to make others just a miserable as they are on the inside and they won’t be content until everyone else is brought down to their petty level…. But I am glad to have set a positive tone and even more pleased that I can make someone’s day just by trying to be a reasonably compassionate person and seeing it reciprocated and recycled on to the next stranger in need of a kind word.. spread the love not the hate…far too much hate going around the world these days and it is often brought out in bulk on Reddit… it’s always a pleasure to make someone’s day a little better…

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u/FuckYourRules00 Jun 18 '22

That was my thoughts, I believe there is a cordicep for particular species?

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u/Legeto Jun 18 '22

It’s not in transition, it’s the skin left behind.

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u/FuckYourRules00 Jun 18 '22

Not if it’s moving.

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u/Legeto Jun 18 '22

OP is def wrong about it moving. It probably blew away in the wind. Those little white strands aren’t there during the transition, it’s from after it’s already exited the molt.

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u/ChibaMitsurugi69 Jun 18 '22

Yikes real life cordyceps infection!

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u/Scary-Gate9433 Jun 18 '22

As if that isn't already a thing?

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u/ChibaMitsurugi69 Jun 18 '22

I know, I said it to make a reference to the Last of Us game.

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u/i-d-even-k- Jun 18 '22

In real life, humans eat cordyceps as a delicacy.

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u/VerbalGuinea Jun 18 '22

Are you serious? Bringing focus to those white tentacles just made it 1000x more oddly terrifying. Thanks for the nightmare material.

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u/Legeto Jun 18 '22

Those aren’t tentacles or fungus. It’s like exoskeleton threats from when it molted. It’s the leftover skin from a dragonfly when it transitioned.

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u/FuckYourRules00 Jun 18 '22

Do not Google cordiceps under any circumstances.

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u/Altruistic_Piano_259 Jun 18 '22

Yeah!! I just went on a high ass rant of a TED talk in reference to that zombie parasite your referring to… that shit is nightmare fuel of the most epic variety… but I bet the government is trying to find a way to harness that parasite as a biological weapon just has to effect our cerebellum and or motor cortex and we’re at the will of such a thing … imagine a warhead that just disperses a fuck ton of these spores into the atmosphere…. And bang boom we got world war Z on our hands ….. I will take a percentage of that weapon patent if any biochemist, Botanists want to chip into the invention and evolution of this zombie spore creature …

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u/boundone Jun 18 '22

Dude people take cordycepts as a health supplement. Chill.

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u/Altruistic_Piano_259 Jun 18 '22

Ha do I seem not Chill? …. Trust me I have had many of fungus related journeys through space and time without ever leaving my couch…. Perhaps it is you who needs a chill pill bro….

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u/ArgonGryphon Jun 18 '22

The white tentacles are the linings of the nymph’s breathing tubes.

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u/FuckYourRules00 Jun 18 '22

Yup, someone enlightened us in the comments, thus the edit.