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New Fungal Species Turns Cave Spiders into Zombies: Gibellula attenboroughii


Cave-dwelling, orb-weaving spiders of the subfamily Metainae infected by Gibellula attenboroughii exhibit behavioral changes similar to those reported for zombie ants.

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