Sinister Virus Zombifies, Liquefies Gypsy Moth Caterpillars

A nefarious baculovirus, that only targets the gypsy moth caterpillar, infects it's host and forces it to climb to the very top of a tree, before liquefying it and showering deadly, disease-ridden goo down onto the other caterpillars below. Horror horror horror. It's now been discovered that just a single gene found in the virus causes this entire process, giving birth to hundreds of nightmarish scenarios involving mutated versions of the common cold. We're basically one gene away from a flu that makes us walk into The Gap, and explode into a deadly puddle of ichor. Sweet dreams tonight, kids!

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• gypsy moth
• caterpillar
• zombies
• zombie caterpillars
• virus
• mind control
• liquification
• liquified
• baculovirus
• gene
• genes

[DrGreenSuit]

DAMN NATURE

YOU SCARY

[TheBrickBros101]

Great. Now caterpillar zombies are gonna eat our freakin brains. Sounds delicious.

[Dragon4Force]

Have to read about this shit for my final exam tomorrow.

[GMMilambar]

wat, no video of the catapillar liquifying (stop motion)?

[DeeDemonwitch]

Ain't nature a beautiful thing..........

[dan91709]

WOW! Sounds like an awesome new movie plot! Vampires move over, ViraVamps are here!

As the Tony the Tiger would say, your videos are GREAT!

[starscreamdkmo]

@beammeupbro its called a joke but with those ppl i wouldnt put it past them to try

[beammeupbro]

@starscreamdkmo it only affects caterpillars -_-

[XodusFTW]

There is a similar process involving fungal spores in rainforests, can wipe out entire colonies. Usually 1 fungal type for each insect type.

When I first read about them it scared the heck out of me!

I kept making comparisons to the xenomorph bursting out of the chest in Aliens.