Virus Turning Caterpillars Into ‘Exploding Zombies’

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Wildlife experts in England say they have found evidence that caterpillars are being turned into “exploding zombies” by a virus.The Blackpool Gazette reports wildlife experts first spotted the zombie caterpillars at the top of bushes in Lancashire.Experts say the caterpillar are being driven a microorganism, known as baculovirus, which sends them on a march to their deaths.The baculovirus then reportedly bursts out of the corpse to seek new victims below.&ld