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UK Under Attack by Exploding Zombie Caterpillars

posted by martyb on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:02PM   
from the Braaaaiiiiinnnns!!!!! dept.

turgid writes:

The BBC reports that northern England is currently under attack by exploding zombie caterpillars.

From the report:

Caterpillars are being killed by a bug which turns them into "exploding zombies", a wildlife expert has said. Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside Wildlife Trust said the skins of insects have been found on Winmarleigh Moss, near Garstang.

The caterpillars usually eat heather and bilberry but are being infected by a baculovirus which causes them to seek light so they climb up trees where they explode and the baculovirus is released to seek new hosts.

Fortunately higher animals such as humans are immune from such things ... or not!

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• Humans aren't safe Humans aren't safe (Score: 2, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:16PM (2 children)

  by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:16PM (#548390)

  They're turned into exploding zombies by crazy imams who infect them with powerful memes, and the videos of the explosion is then used to infect other healthy humans.

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• Re:Humans aren't safe (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:33PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:33PM (#548398)

  The caterpillars must be Muslim.

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• Re:Humans aren't safe (Score: 2, Insightful) by turgid on Thursday August 03 2017, @08:42PM

  by turgid (4318) on Thursday August 03 2017, @08:42PM (#548480) Journal

  Got one at last [bbc.co.uk]!

  Boss Hogg will be pleased.

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  I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].

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