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So . . . zombie cicadas . . .

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/03/zombie-cicadas-spread-psychedelic-fungus-kill-off-each-other/5578417002/

Quote:A mind-controlling fungus spreading among insects has been identified by researchers in West Virginia. According to a study recently published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, the fungus called Massospora found in cicadas contains similar chemicals to those in hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Once the fungus takes over, the cicadas lose their limbs and parts of their bodies are eaten away. While harmless to humans, the "zombie cicadas" are a threat to each other as the males become infected and are capable of flying around and continuing to spread the fungus to other cicadas.

The fungus causes the males to flick their wings to make the familiar cicada humming sound that is typically made by females. The flicking attracts other males as they think it is a female making a mating call, thus spreading the fungus to the attracted males. 

Do you think the coronavirus has similar mind controlling properties that makes some people think, "masks are for sissies"?

And how long before someone licks one of these hallucinogenic cicadas to get high like those Colorado River Toads?

Edited to add:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_toad

Quote:Albert Most, founder of the Church of the Toad of Light and a proponent of spiritual use of Colorado River Toads, published a booklet titled Bufo alvarius: The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert[23][24] in 1983 which explained how to extract and smoke the secretions.

Wow! Church of the Toad of Light?

Just when you thought you might have heard/seen it all . . .