{"id":116240,"date":"2020-11-23T11:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/this-sprouting-octopus-like-fungus-is-the-stuff-of-nightmares-national-geographic"},"modified":"2020-11-23T11:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:24:49","slug":"this-sprouting-octopus-like-fungus-is-the-stuff-of-nightmares-national-geographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/this-sprouting-octopus-like-fungus-is-the-stuff-of-nightmares-national-geographic","title":{"rendered":"This Sprouting, Octopus-like Fungus Is the Stuff of Nightmares | National Geographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UKkrZ5LuJ-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch a strange, sprouting mushroom reach out like an octopus \u2026 or the devil\u2019s fingers.<br \/> \u27a1 Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoSubscribe\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoSubscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>About National Geographic:<br \/> National Geographic is the world\u2019s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n<p>Get More National Geographic:<br \/> Official Site: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoOfficialSite\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoOfficialSite<\/a>.<br \/> Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FBNatGeo\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/FBNatGeo<\/a>.<br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoTwitter\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoTwitter<\/a>.<br \/> Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoInsta\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoInsta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Time-lapse video shows an octopus-like fungus bursting from its \u201cegg.\u201d Fittingly known as the octopus stinkhorn, or devils\u2019s fingers, this mushroom spends much of its time underground. When it\u2019s time to reproduce, it emerges and starts to ooze a spore-filled slime that attracts flies. The flies carry the spores away, helping the strange mushroom to spread far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>Read about the creepiest plants and fungi known to science.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2017\/07\/creepy-plants-fungi-octopus-stinkhorn-gory-details-science\/\">http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2017\/07\/creepy-plants-fun\u2026s-science\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sprouting, octopus-like fungus is the stuff of nightmares | national geographic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/this-sprouting-octopus-like-fungus-is-the-stuff-of-nightmares-national-geographic\">Continue reading \u201cThis Sprouting, Octopus-like Fungus Is the Stuff of Nightmares | National Geographic\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch a strange, sprouting mushroom reach out like an octopus \u2026 or the devil\u2019s fingers. \u27a1 Subscribe: http:\/\/bit.ly\/NatGeoSubscribe. About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world\u2019s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}