Is the necroa virus real?

[spotemgottem]

I'm not scared or anything. I thought it was interesting and I looked it up and I only found plague inc stuff. Just wondering.

[Dr Jebus]

Are zombies real? No...

[spotemgottem]

Originally posted by Jebus:

Are zombies real? No...

Doesn't mean there can't be something capable of reanimating.

[Mr. Tiddles]

as of now, and as far as i know... it is ether fictinal or undiscovered. but then again, I am a mind-control paracite :P there is a type of fungus (the name excapes me right now) that zombifys ants, but that's the closest you will probbably get right now.

[意気消沈]

It's not real and there's nothing capable of reanimating the dead.
Some Necroa symptoms seem to be inspired by those of tetrodotoxin poisoning, and others seem to point towards deliriants, which led me to believe that the devs took their inspiration from Wade Davis' theories about Haitian zombies. Davis' theories border the ludicrous, however, and Haitian zombies are not "undead".

[spotemgottem]

And I assume the Neruax Worm isn't real either, but inspired by parelaphostrongylus tenuis?

[意気消沈]

Originally posted by クロノア Kuronoa Yoshiaki:

And I assume the Neruax Worm isn't real either, but inspired by parelaphostrongylus tenuis?

I don't think so. Behaviour-altering parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii are more likely to have been used as an inspiration in my opinion, the "brain worm" part might have just been an idea to make it feel more of a "special", "alien" plague than it is. But aside from "Trascendence"-like symptoms, there's a vast number of parasites who are able to cause drastic behavioural changes in animals and humans alike - up to and including suicidal ideation.
P.s. if you don't mind reading this this[www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] might interest you. It's relevant to my example.

[Twi]

I read about something that some kind of worm that altered the mind. But nothing about eating your face and wrecking you. Kills you at times, but not others. And now im parinoid again.

[Real Goblin]

Yup. Recommend you bar your windows and doors at night.

[Cascade Renegade]

Originally posted by The Neurax Worm:

as of now, and as far as i know... it is ether fictinal or undiscovered. but then again, I am a mind-control paracite :P :biohazard: there is a type of fungus (the name excapes me right now) that zombifys ants, but that's the closest you will probbably get right now.

Its Cordyceps

[Arafura]

Originally posted by The Neurax Worm:

as of now, and as far as i know... it is ether fictinal or undiscovered. but then again, I am a mind-control paracite :P :biohazard: there is a type of fungus (the name excapes me right now) that zombifys ants, but that's the closest you will probbably get right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8 here you go plague buddy.

[Sir Sprinkles]

Originally posted by The Neurax Worm:

as of now, and as far as i know... it is ether fictinal or undiscovered. but then again, I am a mind-control paracite :P :biohazard: there is a type of fungus (the name excapes me right now) that zombifys ants, but that's the closest you will probbably get right now.

The ant control fungus is called "Cordyceps"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps

[Breadinator]

Well a small mutation with rabbies could create zombies not dead zombies more like crazy people eatting each others flesh.

[76561198123023651]

Originally posted by クロノア Kuronoa Yoshiaki:

I'm not scared or anything. I thought it was interesting and I looked it up and I only found plague inc stuff. Just wondering.

It is based on some real-world concepts, but luckily no-ones spotted the real Neurax in real-life... just yet ;)

[Capn' Cattlehammer]

Sweet!It's not real but,heh if the things clawing on my window and door arent real...

[spotemgottem]

Originally posted by Friendly Ebola :D:

Originally posted by The Neurax Worm:

as of now, and as far as i know... it is ether fictinal or undiscovered. but then again, I am a mind-control paracite :P :biohazard: there is a type of fungus (the name excapes me right now) that zombifys ants, but that's the closest you will probbably get right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8 here you go plague buddy.

That was so freaking disgusting at the end.