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Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies (apnews.com)

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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What a stupid headline. Nature's weirdos? Really? Plenty of "weirdos" in nature.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Headlines are meant to get attention and this one does that. What you're saying is absolutely true though. There's an incredible amount of weird and horrifying stuff that happens in the animal kingdom. Humans included...