Having a strong interest in science, I am often reading articles on how things work, how species live, and our newest advances in space. This morning I came across this article and was blown away. In all of my research and readings, I have never seen anything like this, killer ants turning into zombies by flies. Wasn't there a horror movie about this?
I always thought the idea of zombies was both fascinating and completely illogical. How can someone come back from the dead only fueled by the passion to eat brains? Well, maybe that original thought came from whoever discovered this much smaller, "Alien" like battle on Earth. The flies are like the facehuggers, implanting an their egg into the host, the ant until it takes over the body. Just like in the movie, the fly egg then beomes like a Chestburster, eating the brains of the ant, taking over it's body and then busting out of the host. This originally malicious red ant is now just an incubator, not even in control of it's own body. So this is the real zombies verses aliens. Is there a movie like that yet?
Ever since I was young, I was fascinated by the emotion: fear. Some hate it to feel it, and some love it. Horror movies, science fiction books, and the media...all things to induce fear and make our adrenaline pump faster. Roller coasters, driving fast, extreme sports and hearing bad news all give you that feeling, the hot that hits you quickly and travels from your head down your spine, shaking you to the core.
I guess when you know the source of the fear, it's easier to control. In controlled environments, the adrenaline excites you and gives you just enough to have fun, but still be a bit scared. Sometimes in phobia situations, people are so deeply disturbed by one specific thing that even their rational mind can't reason with them. I consider myself a rational person, so people turning into zombies didn't seem very reasonable to me. However, seeing that this CAN happen on a much smaller scale, right here on earth leads me to believe that even human zombies may be possible.
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The city swarms with Zombies. I have seen them. Early each Monday morning, the buses and subway trains are loaded with them. They are brainless....hollow eyed....automated shells of humanity. Some continue all week like this.....others morph back to a human form as Friday nears. Yes, Zombies do exist in NYC.
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