▲ 21 ▼ What if your pet was a mushroom the whole time? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Jankatarch@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments So you know how some mushrooms can control brains of ants they attach to? What if you found out your pet cat or birb was being controlled by one since one week before you adopted them? Would you go get it removed or is it like the fungal hivemind is your pet now?
[–] golgorath@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago *Most fungi... Others can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucormycosis permalink fedilink source parent