Hyper-sexual ‘zombie cicadas’ infected with bizarre STD fungus will emerge in US
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These loudmouth bugs will soon be brainwashed horndogs. A creepy sexually transmitted fungus is expected to morph millions of cicadas into sexed up “zombies” by hijacking their bodies so they’ll spread the infection in parts of the US this spring, according to scientists. The horror-movie style fungal pathogen, known as Massospora cicadina, will cause the insects mate like crazy in parts of the Southeast and Midwest — as record numbers of the noisy bugs emerge from the ground, an expert told CBS News. The fungus causes a chalky white plug...
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