Saturday 22 May 2021

Zombie cicadas (via Sharon Hill)

 A fungus could turn some cicadas into sex-crazed ‘salt shakers of death’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/05/19/cicada-fungus-sex-drive/
Fungus growing inside organisms can take over brain functions and make the organism act in ways that are dangerous, but overall advantageous for the fungus to spread. This story is icky.

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