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'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle (www.livescience.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

G. attenboroughii was originally going to be called G. bangbangus — "bangbangus" being a nod to the gunpowder store where the fungus was found. However, the study authors changed the species name to honor Attenborough instead

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[–] Apeman42 9 points 3 days ago

Well they had to after Attenborough pointed out that the original name looked like "bang bus".

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