• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Why would that make anyone panic unless they thought by ‘horny zombies,’ the cicadas were going to rape them and then eat their brains. Which… they’re not that big. You can step on them.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
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      11 months ago

      Ok but what if the fungus also mutated them into human-sized cicadas?

      wing rubbing intensifies

  • Jilanico@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Their attempts at reproduction, doomed from the start, only fuel the virus’ spread, a group of scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History told NPR in a statement.

    Is this a fungus or a virus?