What's Next? A Zombie Fungus? Well, actually.....yes!
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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/zombie-spider-fungus-1.7455559
a study that identifies those globs as a newly discovered species of fungus that takes control of spiders, essentially turning them into zombies, and marches them to their deaths.
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The fungus — called Gibellula attenboroughii after famed nature documentary host David Attenborough — appears to affect two cave-dwelling species of spiders, Metellina merianae and Meta menardi.
Both spiders prefer to spend their time in dark, dank places. But the fungus forces them to abandon the holes and crevices they call home, and march to open, high-up spaces, like cave walls or cellar roofs, to die.
"When they're dead, they have a lot of long filaments coming out of them, with the spores on them," Fogg said.
The scientists theorize the spores are then carried on the breeze, raining down upon other, unwitting spiders.
