The Zombie Apocalypse, and why it's not so impossible

Recently we've been hearing a lot about "the end of days," or "Judgement Day," or "The Second Coming," etc., etc.  Now, to all of us logical thinkers, we know that these things are nothing more than superstition.  Kind of an easy out, if you will, for a group that feels that being stuck here on Earth with the rest of us is a bit of a burden.  Imagine that.  Me.  A burden!  Heh, okay maybe they've got something there.  Personally, I think we have more -- real -- threats to worry about, things that really COULD end human existence as we know it.

My favorite movie genre is the Zombie flick.  Good ol' brain-craving abominations, risen from the dead by various means.  I like the "disease zombies."  You know the ones...from 28 Days Later, the Resident Evil series, Quarantine, and the television series The Walking Dead.  And you know what?  The scary thing is that some of this stuff really isn't beyond the realm if possibility.

Take for example the plight of a group of poor ants in Brazil, whose body chemistry is taken over by a fungal spore that infects the ant's brain.  The spore takes control of the ant, turning it into a mindless drone (wait, isn't that what most ants already are?....).  The spore makes the ant climb a tall blade of grass and latch onto the very top with it's mandibles, then the spore kills the ant.  A few days later, a fungus sprouts from the ant's head, releasing more spores into the air.  Don't believe me?  Don't take my word for it...check out National Geographic's article on the ant killing brain fungus here.

Scary stuff, huh?  And who's to say that such a fungus, or bacteria, or virus, long dormant in some dark jungle doesn't exist?  It may just be waiting for someone to come along and cut down the wrong tree...

Zombie Uncle Sam wants YOU to be ready for the Zombie Plague!

Get your gas masks ready, folks!