jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoA fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panicwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkA fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panicwww.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoWhy 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.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoYa, but there’s strength in horny numbers.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoOk but what if the fungus also mutated them into human-sized cicadas? wing rubbing intensifies
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.
Ya, but there’s strength in horny numbers.
Ok but what if the fungus also mutated them into human-sized cicadas?
wing rubbing intensifies