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Unexplainable
The guest, Mindy Weisberger, discussed the book and noted it cataloged many instances where parasites commandeer insects, effectively creating real‑life zombies. Bird Pinkerton highlighted that the title offered numerous weird and wonderful zombie stories, indicating strong endorsement.
Episode: Real-life zombies
The guest, Mindy Weisberger, wrote this book which covers the many examples of parasites taking over bugs' bodies and bending them to their will, essentially turning them into real-life zombies.
And it turns out, there are a lot of examples of zombies and zombifiers out in nature. There are so many, in fact, that Mindy wound up writing a whole book about them, called Rise of the Zombie Bugs.
There are so many more weird, wonderful zombie stories in Mindy Weisberger's book. That is Rise of the Zombie Bugs.