I just found the perfect weapon against the Zerg.

[n00bonicPlague]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps

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[RainbowToeSocks]

Fuck yeah david attenborough

[Pandonetho]

I saw this a very long time ago and was very disgusted. Doesn't it only affect insects though?

[n00bonicPlague]

I saw this a very long time ago and was very disgusted. Doesn't it only affect insects though?

Each species of cordyceps has its own specific species of insect that it affects. However, with some futuristic genetic engineering, I imagine that the Terrans could alter them to destroy the Zerg strains.

[Visions of Khas]

I'm doing a flash project on cordyceps unilateralis, which specialize on carpenter ants, for a class.

The hyphae form tendrils that eat away at the soft tissue, then alter the brain chemistry so they perceive pheromones inaccurately. The stroma spreads the spores explosively.

The cool thing about unilateralis is that they produce anti-malarial agents. Real funky.

[Norfindel]

Each species of cordyceps has its own specific species of insect that it affects. However, with some futuristic genetic engineering, I imagine that the Terrans could alter them to destroy the Zerg strains.

After some Zerg die from the fungii, they could adapt, infest it, and use it against the Terran.

[n00bonicPlague]

After some Zerg die from the fungii, they could adapt, infest it, and use it against the Terran.

Damn, didn't think about that......



......and it would take them a much shorter time to alter it than us......



......fuck

[Xyvik]

After some Zerg die from the fungii, they could adapt, infest it, and use it against the Terran.

Not necessarily. The Zerg are not the Borg, after all. If they were they would have already adapted to any weapon used against them. If the fungii is hard-coded in its genetic makeup there would be little to no chance of the Zerg being able to infest it.

it would certainly be interesting to see if they could, though. And yeah, I just got through watching Planet Earth myself. Awesome series. This part was creepy!

[Shadow Archon]

Not necessarily. The Zerg are not the Borg, after all. If they were they would have already adapted to any weapon used against them. If the fungii is hard-coded in its genetic makeup there would be little to no chance of the Zerg being able to infest it.

it would certainly be interesting to see if they could, though. And yeah, I just got through watching Planet Earth myself. Awesome series. This part was creepy!

Actually, the Zerg are like the borg.

Hive mind-Check

Adaptation-Check

Assimalation- Check

The Zerg creep adapted in Frontline to the Protoss messing with the creep. The Creep than could infest Protoss in the facility. In another Frontline story, Zerg Spores almost infested a human somewhere around 30 seconds.

[newcomplex]

Not necessarily. The Zerg are not the Borg, after all. If they were they would have already adapted to any weapon used against them. If the fungii is hard-coded in its genetic makeup there would be little to no chance of the Zerg being able to infest it.

it would certainly be interesting to see if they could, though. And yeah, I just got through watching Planet Earth myself. Awesome series. This part was creepy!

You can't adapt to bullets or nukes or plasma (completely) But you can easily adapt to diseases and fungi, become immune, and turn it against humans.