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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

HISTORICAL FACTS: Fungus named after david attenborough turning irish spiders into zombies - The Untold Story

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland cave turning them into The Last of Us-style “zombies”.

Researchers, including those from Kew, found that the fungi’s host is the orb-weaving cave spider, Metellina merianae, living in caves in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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