'Flying Salt Shakers of Death': Lives of Fungal-Infected Zombie Cicadas, Explained by West Virginia University Researchers
June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, June 26 [TNSresearch] -- West Virginia University issued the following story:
If cicadas made horror movies, they'd probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued by a certain psychedelic fungus.
West Virginia University researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called Massopora contains chemicals similar to those found in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The fungus causes cicadas to lose their limbs and eccentric behavi . . .
If cicadas made horror movies, they'd probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued by a certain psychedelic fungus.
West Virginia University researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called Massopora contains chemicals similar to those found in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The fungus causes cicadas to lose their limbs and eccentric behavi . . .