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Why Don't These Cicadas Have Butts?

Bizarre stories from the slimy, smelly, creepy world of science.

Why Don't These Cicadas Have Butts?

Season 1 Episode 18 | 2m 26s

The fungus Massospora cicadina makes periodical cicadas’ butts fall off.

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