Zombie crabs: Barnacle infects king crab populations

Zombies are real. They’re walking around on the bottom of Alaska’s ocean, mindlessly incubating the next generation of creatures that will, in turn, create even more zombies.
An infected red king crab with an egg sac of the parasitic barnacle.(Photo courtesy of Leah Sloan)Imagine a king crab, living the good life. He’s minding his own business, happily scavenging the bottom of the ocean for food with his fellow crabs, when all of a sudden he’s attacked and infected. The i