Enkida
Full Cyborg
- Location
- Germany
OK, not really zombies. I mean even though they're missing their butts and genitalia, they're technically not yet dead. Still, I don't think the title can be click bait if the actual story delivers, and boy does it:
A fungus called Massospora, which can produce compounds of cathinone — an amphetamine — infects a small number of them and makes them lose control.
The fungus takes over their bodies, causing them to lose their lower abdomen and genitals. And it pushes their mating into hyperdrive.
[…] just before the cicadas rise from the ground, the spores of the fungus start to infect the bug. Once it's above ground and starts to shed its skin to become an adult, its butt falls off.
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The insects have no idea what's happening. The fungus, however, is "pulling the strings" and making the cicadas want to mate with everyone.
… if someone doesn't attempt to make a horror zombie apocalypse fiction out of this infecting humans, I will