Brain Parasite Turns Moose Into Zombie

A parasite normally found in deer is wreaking havoc in moose brains.
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Moose populations have declined in recent years and scientists still aren't sure of the cause. A brain parasite, normally found in white-tailed deer, may be partially to blame.
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[@naturepbs]

Go behind the scenes with ‘Moose’ Cameraman Hugo Kitching: to.pbs.org/2JRkwh2

[@dorianaydin331]

instablaster...

[@land0fv0dka50]

I honestly hope they were able to put the moose down quickly if they did put it down, I think it'd be better off dead than suffering for however long it's able to survive.

[@skysky7428]

Hot Choco Depressing how things like this exist

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Ya, best to put them down.

[@monstercommenter9587]

Hot Choco So, it has to die THEN suffer!?!? that's horrible....

[@9pastno0n]

Roman Rodriguez Monster is playfully highlighting the small spelling error. Hot Choco wrote "then" but means "than".

[@monstercommenter9587]

9PastNoon Indeed! your comment made me feel oh so fuzzy and warm inside👌😉

[@grandmasAK47]

that's mother nature, she's only beautiful if you live in comfort

[@Blueswailer]

"Nature, red in Tooth and Claw" - Alfred Tennyson

[@swamplife3148]

what?

[@IvanOoze1990]

A moose will fuck you up.

[@TarkTheWild]

Joshua Pierre That parasite says otherwise.

[@aeronautisch]

Just like The USA!

[@mememachine7980]

Are we not going to talk about how the camera man almost got erased by a zombie moose near the end?

[@adavis3464]

Yikes, right? That stumble could've ended a lot worse.

[@randomassduck3944]

Nah the camera man can't die

[@047Kenny]

Moose are very aggressive. Very big. I wouldn’t wanna go near one in the wild.

[@Friendly_G]

yes

[@tomasrubioschannel7328]

@@047Kenny it had the zombie deer fungus or parisite idk I'm an idiot but I do know that it was a brainless husk of a moose so it's not dangerous unless ur in it's way

[@joahwinkler1843]

It’s so heartbreaking to see these gorgeous animals like this..

[@Sar_c4sm]

Gorgeous animals... You do not want to see a male moose in mating season

[@ketama180]

@@Sar_c4sm it’s natural

[@Sar_c4sm]

@@ketama180 No one said it wasn't natural, nature is hideous at times

[@izaacrodriguez9346]

@@Sar_c4sm call the moose five legs

[@ronniecoy4855]

@@Sar_c4sm nature has nothing on humans though.

[@lulu.chains.88]

That's terrible! Incredibly interesting but terrible.

[@godsonalvarado6656]

Lulu Chains 88 How is there not a reply to your comment?

[@staticshotaop561]

Lulu Chains 88 sounds like something i would hear in Futurama

[@kenkennedy2389]

YodaWithASoda people can these brain fuckers as well, they pretty much live to just bring their host down

[@billysinge8977]

+YodaWithASoda I know right?

[@maharielves]

I serve none but Korrok.

[@monkey314159]

totally horrifying...

[@redsoulheart5040]

lets just hope that doesn't transmit to humans o-o

[@thalliumrc3981]

Yeah, but if your still down to become a zombie there is always rabies. If you get that you can be cast on the walking dead...

[@candy4428]

Jesus that's sad :( now I going to say this with the love for animals that I have if the animal is suffering I would of put it out of it's misery:(

[@NylaVox]

monkey314159 Indeed~

[@Heytomat0]

There is a ameba that eats human brain slowly, the ameba goes through your nose when you breathe water by accident. It does almost the same thing as this moose parasite

[@youngemu3949]

Mad props to the camera man for being up close to a zombie

[@FlexBeanbag]

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[@Moana.]

*Cameraman never dies*

[@sercastamere9853]

"It's a horrible way for an animal to die... anyway, SUBSCRIBE!"

[@PeanutDenise1121]

Right? :(

[@hugocorreagomez3649]

😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

It didn't say "SUSCRIBE!" it just said it normally you fucking idiot

[@tetsuoooo_on_twitch]

Let me take it in first, sheesh!

[@sauercrowder]

Subscribe to hear more depressing facts! Next week: that tortoise that is the last of its kind but won't mate or whatever

[@sparrowcunningham7637]

Well don't bother to explain it any further than that, it's only why I started watching the video in the first place.

[@jay-leevanderberg8174]

My thought / frustration exactly!

[@deonnaharlan512]

Sparrow Cunningham I agree! Like what’s the outcome! Can you save the moose? Can it be cured?

[@johncooke4855]

Sparrow Cunningham - absolutely! Click the link to learn about brain parasite... erm, no. Here is the inflicted beast, bye!!!

[@JudgeDredd_]

Yeah wtf.

[@jegr3398]

What more do you need to know? Moose gets brainworm from deer, brainworm eats mosses brain and moose die. End of story.

[@sethmartinez5146]

The guy sounded like the moose from Brother Bear 😂

[@supercat343]

Seth Martinez YEEEEEESSSSS

[@rogueplanet13]

Seth Martinez 😂🍺

[@sloth2534]

I was looking for this comment

[@johnychrist5475]

So what you are saying is he has a Canadian accent?

[@Outofthisreality]

Thought this the second he spoke

[@itslina713]

Imagine that following you and you can't run because the snow is high

[@Umayyadazi]

Hey Angelina it will be a nightmare 😨

[@ancaro8771]

1. That thing is not a zombie.... 2.That thing is suffering from brain damage... it CAN'T chase you.... it is kind of dead... Or semi-dead. Semi - paralyzed. 3.It will be way more scarier if a non brain damaged moose will chase you...

[@manican4620]

+Fox Kids 2001 I think being chased by a bear would be scarier

[@yourarseismine1016]

Hey Angelina Didn't you see it trying to move? It was tumbling everywhere..

[@sayamithecatwhomstconsumes7073]

Hey got any drugs

[@jaridkeen123]

The zombie infection has begun

[@thewok4610]

2020

[@johnfused8281]

@@thewok4610 you trying to kill my granny

[@ronron208]

We already have that. It's called rabies.

[@anonomuse9094]

@@ronron208 actually, the fungus from the last of us does exist, and there is an incident where one of the villages the pilgrims set up had an actual zombie outbreak. Only evidence was a half destroyed journal. A hunting party of around 5 went out and one man came back, covered in blood and bite marks. He was to be put on trial for murder. He got sick before the sentencing, and went insane. He was able to kick doors down, and bit everything in site. They put him down, but it was already too late according to the journal. About a week later and the town was burned because the problem got out of hand. The survivors froze to death, and some resorted to canibalism. But canibalism was already a thing in a lot of those villages, as food shortages were common. The things they don't teach kids in school because they're too graphic.

[@tebogotwala5185]

Les go!

[@mitchellbewick3097]

"Aren't brain worms fun?" said nobody, never

[@GabrielAugustomisterkakuna]

Said fans of The Last Of Us

[@JayStone1382]

I don't know... whitetail deer don't seem to mind them.

[@ClarenceCNCartoonnetwork]

ARENT BRAIN WORMS FUN!

[@hans6565]

Jared S. please no

[@TheConquerer24]

Thanks for the laugh today 👍

[@MrTigerlore]

This worm better not spread to humans.

[@ragonhill]

holy shit that will be the beginning of the zombie apocalypse

[@bronsedragon]

Ragon Hill more like a bunch of retards stumbling around.

[@ragonhill]

guess you're right X'D

[@ilikebutter9972]

Ragon Hill no it will no just kill us slow and stupid

[@skullcandy_art]

Krydos Lawl yet there are some retarded people who run around in the world ._.

[@sigridmiller2801]

Living in Alaska its especially sad. If you see these beautiful beasts regularly, you know how graceful they are. It's a shame to see them so clumsy and unconcious :(

[@Hecu]

This scared me more than a horror movie and it didnt cost me a penny.

[@valerioborghese2916]

Blame the Umbrella Corporation for that.

[@Mr_Blazeking]

Francesco Marafini 😏 I see y’all resident evil fans 👌

[@leonardorebolledo827]

Francesco Marafini call Leon

[@HuskyDoo]

LaZnot HD u call me?

[@julissasailormercury6738]

Francesco Marafini Lol

[@TheShooterlol]

Correction umbrella are the good guys now. It's the secret society that's causing havoc and created the mold.

[@marishkinovrossinski1380]

Her eyes will haunt me forever... so empty...

[@ElSeventhSon]

Marishkinov Rossinski "forever" you won't remember this by now

[@SplattGang]

Marishkinov Rossinski ikr

[@AimForMyHead81]

The

[@make1tpls]

Marishkinov Rossinski how you doin? still get haunt by her eyes?

[@hexmaniacgabby5160]

Blyat Russki fucking russiboo

[@daisan-kun7468]

Human: Damn, Nature you're scary Nature: No, you.

[@dexius6375]

Mom said nature is beautiful......welp this is not what i expected......

[@NexGExo-Andi]

Ex. Lexius Damn thats one hell of a beautiful ting... dunno whats ur prob

[@brigadooneagle]

Its also very violent

[@truthfighterEB99]

Humans are nature... but they aren't good

[@ShadowFungus]

It is. Nature is beautiful.. but brutal.

[@elijahsmall5873]

Mother nature's only beautiful when she wants to be but she does have an ugly side.

[@joshuanorman2]

*canada has fallen*

[@giannaaaaa2299]

Joshua Norman This made me laugh harder than it should have

[@brandonm6153]

Joshua Norman Thank the Lord.

[@scorchclasstitan6727]

Joshua Norman (puts points into mortality ) the USA has fallen

[@roguewave5187]

Joshua Norman Winter has come

[@Ordep_Aviaras]

Lmao i'm dead

[@slanderous.j]

*dayum nature. you scary.* wow @ almost 2k likes!

[@benjaminwolford3809]

Jim Ryan 😂yeah man

[@unknownmexican6831]

Jim Ryan *it's nerf or nothin*

[@blablablabla-hs1nz]

Jim Ryan She is a fucking bitch

[@yang3479]

Actually we're scarier.

[@bigpawpamarcos]

LMAO

[@smurfnose]

Awww this is so terribly sad! They’re such beautiful creatures! One had shown up on my property over ten years back. Had been wandering aimlessly through two provinces because of the worms they said . Called the city, shot him down with a dart and took him on a flat bed. He was injured so we were told to do heavy cleanup on the blood in the snow in case it was contagious 😥

[@6fejmk]

I like the way moose's look because it reminds me of my dog

[@plushbombproductions4505]

Rocky: Bullwinkle You Have Being Acting A Bit Strange Lately

[@EthanAnthony907]

if there is a god, give brain worms to all the kids making jokes in this comment section.

[@activeshot807]

+blackelk7373 I hope your child turns out gay bub.

[@thegoldendino7816]

no. stop.

[@thegoldendino7816]

AcTive ShoT also what does that mean? Are you implying gay people are bad? Oh wait you're probably Christian arent'cha. Mmm that will explain a lot.

[@marshallgibson7568]

Bullwinkle: “well Rocky. I’ve had an insatiable appetite for brains lately!”

[@Majinbu老板321]

Me : I really need to go to bed KZbin : what about moose turned into zombie ? Me : Ok

[@enigmaticvaran6597]

God could have made Pokèmon real, but... nah brain parasites

[@dylancross1039]

Enigmatic Varan Yeah make Pokemon real so we can have the biggest biological warfare front ever. Someone didn't pay attention to Pokemon X/Y

[@random_guy_277]

Dylan Cross nigga i rather see pokemon killing each other than some bitch ass worm turning shit into zombies tf

[@xuiyii]

Lol

[@discordant8543]

Enigmatic Varan Pokemon is a brain parasite

[@khaledabdallah6614]

gcsgt2104 fuck you mean bitch

[@kellyk.8519]

More like he's in severe pain. Ouch anyone had meningitis before.

[@adavis3464]

I can't imagine the headache. Anyone saying she isn't in pain isn't bothering to actually imagine worms tunneling through brain tissue.

[@yogarcia6066]

The brain itself doesn't feel pain because there are no pain receptors in brain tissue

[@kellyk.8519]

@@yogarcia6066 it would still be in pain, have you ever had brain surgery before? Pressure, chemical imbalances, it's a whole mess of pain. But I read they put this poor creature down

[@AfterDARK.Records]

That’s it.

[@aiish223]

Uhhh... Why is this recommended to me in December? Is this what they meant by the season's finale of 2020?

[@BackYardFiles]

That is so sad

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Poor innocent cute moose 😭😭 I'm so sorry that happen to you Rest In Peace baby 🦌💔 😔😢😢😢

[@ThatGuy-qh5ec]

Would the parasite Go into the animal That's Eating the Moose ??

[@AndrewAce.]

;-;

[@arthuryan3577]

Hyper Death The parasites would die since the moose died

[@AimForMyHead81]

F

[@thadesplatter5080]

Last of us part 2?

[@sebastiantrejoscaro266]

thade Splatter real life version

[@merdemoiii-7589]

Indeed

[@allknowingfreddybear9291]

thade Splatter xWyat?

[@dadee9643]

Fuck yeah next month at E3 dude

[@tashalysepulveda6050]

I thought that too first insects now larger mammals😐

[@lesles6931]

Is anyone gonna talk about how chill that camera guy was??? Could not have been me

[@saravs9497]

I literally cried when I saw this! So sad!

[@ZeeZeeBun]

Well.. That's.. Certainly unsettling...

[@njw387]

y i k e s

[@travishunterbrown]

Why aren't they waering gloves??!?!

[@1MegaBubble]

What a cool job these guys have. The riding snowmobiles around and tagging, cataloguing, and treating animals part, at least.

[@jakedamuss99]

Thats freaking me out

[@LiveForPanda]

The knowledge we learn from these anmals may one day save us from a zombie apocalypse. Much respect.

[@chip5892]

“Yikes forever.” - _Little Misfortune_

[@danikacbass9438]

I’m from Karlstad, MN. It was dubbed the moose capital when it was established. While the nickname stuck, the moose are practically gone because of the parasites from the deer that spread here.

[@northascrowsfly]

East of Greenbush, here, but I grew up in the sticks near Thief Lake. Back in the '70s, we literally had to be on 'moose watch' when venturing outside. Now, the moose are gone and the deer are a plague.

[@waterl0gged756]

Canadians documenting moose are the highlight of life itself

[@survivalflower3226]

How did I go from watching a zombie deer to this! I never thought I would actually be informed about this, thank you so much KZbin algorithm

[@myrakallaur]

zombie deer and a zombie moose aren't too far apart...

[@BedPotato786]

Guys who else watched an old movie called brother bear and the narrator/guy at the beginning sounded like one of the moose brothers in the movie. It sounds exactly like that I swear.

[@natacha2372]

I saw this in a baby moose a few years back. Real sad. I called a place and they came to take care of it and even called me back to explain that it was a parasite in its brain. Poor thing

[@lotus8965]

2:00 "didn't I say stop recording me"

[@keithlea6804]

I seen a moose in the 90s walk i three foot deep by thirty foot circle in the ground . DNR said they were looking for that moose for about a month. They thoght it had brain worms on one side of his brain. Ether way its a shity death

[@DustinSmith796]

Homie almost got made into a chalk line near the end

[@peep3879]

That camel looks so chill

[@TheGamer-wh6mh]

That's terrifying imagine that zombie moose chased you 😳

[@5dcstuff496]

TheGamer24 25 You're an idiot.

[@Davidvanzutphen]

Like it stept towards the cameraman, yeah that would be creepy...

[@skyandropoulos2305]

TheGamer24 25 if it bit you, would you then become a zombie too?😱

[@gxdcudix9291]

This is the most retarded conversation I have ever seen

[@SoMooLand1nine7]

DefendedBerry16 I somewhat wish they are joking. but yea. can't disagree with youn on that. it really id!😂

[@juanitawatts1374]

Poor moose baby P.S. I'm pretty sure it's not a baby but I call all animals baby! Don't judge my life. 💙

[@gamesps9562]

It's okay, baby. I call all the animals "baby" too. Wait...

[@keandregreen5628]

Grow tf up

[@nokturned2906]

Can I judge your life juanita?

[@notsure1969]

K

[@marshstarz]

I watched brother bear a month ago, then, hearing the narrator I thought "...is that the moose?"

[@joelem2313]

“Yup moose's turn to zombies” Rolls credits

[@antlion71]

That's how I look when I listen to a middle school band performance.

[@kakabangboomstick]

Thanks for 2 minutes of that, where only 20 seconds were interesting

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

That thumbnail is gonna give me nightmares

[@liizs2863]

I learned about this when I went to Algonquin Park in the summer.

[@PhantomAlucard]

I hope they put the poor thing out of its pain...

[@slycooper2853]

Misery*

[@wystrix439]

PhantomAlucard it's not going through pain tho

[@thesaucewhisperer6073]

Poor fella

[@ep1c213]

Looks like something straight outta amnesia

[@piotrpl8314]

There is a mushroom in Eastern europe forests that is being supposed killing parasites "Cantharellus cibarius - Kurka". Maybe planting it in these areas would be the solution. They contain Hitinmannose.

[@arodrigues2843]

Brain parasits are like politicians: they destroy the people brains, and make them zombies like!!!!

[@notthatguy4703]

Politicians aren’t striving to control your mind and make the world a living hell (at least in the US and Europe), they are usually actually trying to do what they wanted to growing up... help the people

[@taddad2641]

nah people do that to themselves. politicians jsut take advantage of it. they kinda have to. they are not smart people. more than likely they bought their way through school, and lack the capacity to lead. so they exploit because they have no idea how to do theri damn jobs. some to the point wehre they jsut try to take over period. like your putins, stalins, hitlers, and others like them. but they are only slighytly smaller than the room fulla ninnies.

[@taddad2641]

no they have no diea what they are doing and so try to exploit for their own gain. without realizing they are nothing without the people they are exploiting.

[@ThatGuy-qh5ec]

Jimmy Wow don't have To Go Hard On a Kid , I Know He's a Kid Because The Terrible Grammar he Has

[@exposetree1171]

Nigga what

[@ajroot9280]

That is crazy didn't expect that

[@shotforshot5983]

great explanation

[@banymany7444]

Background music is scary

[@akram9158]

A walking dead, a zombie.. but not a walking zombie

[@kittysuzie]

Joye what? 😂

[@loserxylophone3986]

I remember watching this when I was a kid and when I watched it I thought the world was going to end

[@DeathShadow112233]

That zombie moose faded af

[@lumi225]

poor baby

[@undyingUmbrage]

tick rates much?

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

Could it pass from White Tail Deer and/or Moose onto--into humans?

[@VG_Gamarh]

If there's 1 way I never thought I would go, it would be having my brain eaten like a zombie moose

[@cursedguy3915]

This video proves one more that cameraman’s are invincible, and unable to even get hurt.

[@regretamin3689]

"And the worm ate into his brain" - Pink Floyd

[@editundo]

Maybe those radio collars are scrambling their brains.?

[@84tubbs18]

That moose look like an animatronic head

[@aechh9216]

What if a hunter or just a regular scavenger hunts a dead or alive affected moose, and he doesn't know anything about this disease, then make the moose's meat into food? Can that parasite transfer into the host and may probably start a zombie apocalypse? Or my mind's just making this up?

[@Nhxn_]

i highly doubt that specific parasite will survive under heat.

[@aechh9216]

Kanye East Oh I see, but why did it transferred to a moose when it is originally situated in a white-tailed deer?

[@ChristopherX30]

The meat of the animal isn't affected. You could still eat the moose. I don't think this particular parasite can affect a human, at least not based upon what I've read.

[@aechh9216]

Ahh okay..I hope it really doesn't, teehee.

[@derwentalia]

most animal diseases are not transmissible to humans. what you are describing is called a zoonotic disease, meaning it normally exists in an animal but in rare circumstances can be transmitted to humans. some include lyme disease, west nile virus, and anthrax. what you are suggesting is not out of the realm of possibility...tapeworms that live in animals can also live in humans. humans ingest undercooked meat with the eggs (cysticercosis) in them, the eggs hatch normally and the tapeworm larvae begin infestation. its possible that a parasite with the ability to create eggs with high environmental tolerance levels (which already exists in nature) could survive cooking or could somehow attach themselves to bare skin (wash your hands!) and make their way into the brain. all survival variations are a definite potentiality of evolution; just because we have not yet encountered it does not mean it does not already exist or that its possibility does not exist.

[@vanitas8582]

It's in the news NOW WE CAN BE ALSO INFECTED WITH THE DESEASE

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

It's true, the victims become Democrats.

[@heatherhaze3680]

how incredibly sad!! Those statistic in the beginning are very shocking too!!

[@cosmicbarff]

oh Sammy, the cage was not good for you...

[@paigexxoo]

Poor thing... :( couldn’t they try to save it? Bring it to a wildlife shelter? I felt so bad

[@Mike-jy1hi]

Magic Snow Wolf the parasite made it go brain dead basically so it lost everything in its head it’s brain damaged

[@sirgoop4466]

Bring a Dead Moose for help.....k

[@scorchedearth1451]

"It turns the moose into a zombie" and "It's a horrible way for an animal to die". But I've learned from TWD that a zombie is dead already. Did I miss something?

[@doubleemcastillano464]

Shout out to the cameraman. That zombie moose raggedly charging at you at maybe a foot or two is the creepiest thing I've seen in a while. It's like a real life horror movie.

[@Kevin-jd8vr]

I don't think brain words good

[@fluff6811]

Moose are such absolute beasts. What a massive

[@revelare_xvii6269]

Fetch me their souls.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

This sucks.

[@Old_Guard2]

I see what you did there 😏

[@buzzpl0x645]

Evil Snail llolollololololol

[@AHouse-er6vh]

My head feels itchy now

[@chaytoncarle7767]

0:06 "YOU! YES YOU! STAND STILL WITH IT!

[@moldybaguettegamee1351]

Poor Sammy... I hope him and his kind are okay. (If you watch supernatural you know what I mean)

[@katelyn3996]

I’ve never heard a Canadian that actually sounds Canadian until now

[@The_Woof_Pack]

2 minutes of pregnant moose and ticks but 14 seconds of zombie moose...

[@benoliver5593]

When a moose is bigger then my car and they are becoming zombies

[@bittermelonleaf]

This is so so so sad..😢😢😢

[@boostedlac3860]

Who’s here after watching the decomposed insect walk

[@therealdirtydan2940]

Link please

[@oskarthompson4311]

Da fuq

[@gagtager]

That dude had balls to film a zombie moose in the face from 3 feet away

[@AMGMaxo]

I keep clicking on weirder and weirder videos

[@michaelr1664]

Why did they not help it?

[@blackbeauty2166]

Michael R I'm guessing they did but they didn't film it n by help I mean killed em. The parasite literally ate away at their brains like rabies since they weren't the normal deer hoist. They weren't gonna survive

[@markjaredledesma9648]

Would you help a zombie moose What if they bite you The zombie apocalypse will Start to the end of invention Human invention making environment dirty like this Covid 19 if they really love the Nature they will not create like that viruses

[@bromixsr]

this happens in the human world too. It's called having a gender studies degree.

[@TheYumChannel]

i love you xD

[@heavyguy4660]

bromixsr Dang!

[@jayl1460]

bromixsr commenting to hopefully see another comment arguing your comment.

[@potatochip3812]

bromixsr lol

[@TheBaconlaser]

The brainworm deserves more respect than anyone with a gender studies degree.

[@emmahat8370]

Ive seen so thing like this happen, my cousin shot a deer but it had somthing wrong with the brain and the brain went all mushy and they couldent eat the meet.

[@moxigen]

do you get blue, green or purple hair in the later stage of infection? just curious.