Billions of cicadas are about to be “controlled like zombies” into spreading a strange fungus that “hijacks their bodies and behaviour”, according to a report.
In a development worthy of a horror film, the bugs will develop “hypersexualisation” and therefore spread the fungus ever more widely, as males flirt like females, despite the fact that their genitals have fallen off, said CNN.
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