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Onsic Sidis - The Fungus That Infects Cicades
Fungus infects cicades, and it makes their butts fall off. When scientists looked at the fungus they found that it produces silasibin which is the stuff that makes shrooms riy. So these these sicaders are flying around, probably off their faces, shedding fungle spores from what used to be their face. But you can't do research on it without a very specific permit. And so this poor scientist suddenly discovers that, oh no, i'm actually as silas ivonlab. I don't know if ie the da is going to suddenly come in and tow me away.