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A fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panic toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Some of the cicadas temporarily overtaking parts of the eastern and southern U.S. are turning into sex-crazed “zombies,” thanks to a fungus that tears off their genitals but drives them to keep mating nonetheless. “With climate change and landscape fragmentation, all …
