https:/linkcuts.org/85grz12p
A mysterious fungus is turning spiders into real-life 'zombies,' consuming their organs and taking control of their behavior.
Known as Gibellula attenboroughii, the fungus attaches to the spider, invades its body and devours it from the inside out.
It then manipulates the spider's brain chemistry, altering dopamine levels to force the insect out of its web and into the open, where it ultimately
dies.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Shipwrecks & Shibboleths [San Francisco, CA - USA] (700:100/72)

On 24 Aug 2025, roman said the following...

https:/linkcuts.org/85grz12p
A mysterious fungus is turning spiders into real-life 'zombies,'
consuming their organs and taking control of their behavior.

Fungus has long been suspected of being an alien life transport?

... They say there's always one weirdo on the bus, but I couldn't find them!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Linux/64)
* Origin: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE, rAmsgAtE, uK. bbs.erb.pw (700:100/37)

k9zw wrote to roman <=-

Fungus has long been suspected of being an alien life transport?

I don't know why this reminded me of "The Andromeda Strain", In the book
think they were looking for alien life, and ended up finding a
micro-organism that had been possibly ejected into space in earth's past
and had mutated in a time when people hadn't been exposed to it?

I'll have to re-read the book.

I cribbed the trope for my book about post-apocalyptic society - a micro-meteoroid impacts on a probe before re-entry. Thanks, Michael
Crichton!



--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
* Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (700:100/20)