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Trillions of infected cicadas are emerging in the US, causing them to be called "hypersexual zombie cicadas." They are infected with a sexually transmitted fungus that causes their private parts to fall off. In another story, scientists accidentally created a six-legged rat while trying to alter their spinal cords. The rat sacrificed its private parts for the extra legs. The world's oldest man, John Alfred Tinniswood, who is 111 years old, claims that eating fish and chips regularly is the secret to his long life. A nine-year-old boy in the US stole his mom's car and led police on a high-speed chase because he missed the school bus. The Alilima Op Shop in Dubbo is holding a $5 bag sale on men's, ladies', and children's wear. And porch pirates, people who steal packages, are becoming more inventive in their disguises. You're waking up with the Central West burst breaking on 92.7 ZOO. Good morning, we are into Tuesday and I am slightly damp. Turns out if people have sprinklers on at about 5 in the morning and I've got my earphones in and it's dark, they're practically invisible. There's a motel on Cobra Street and I'm just travelling along in my merry way and all of a sudden I'm having a shower. I'm having a shower and don't understand why, not a cloud in the sky. So that was a great way to wake up. I might fall asleep again in about an hour and a half. But anyway, coming up later this morning, about 10 minutes away, cicadas. We love them here in Australia, but the US, other than the eclipse and the magadon that was supposed to happen there, they're having a cicada issue, is the word to say. A horrific cicada issue for a very specific reason. I'll tell you about that in just a couple of minutes. Beyoncé, single ladies first this Tuesday morning here on ZOO.FM. Tyler and Marshmello with Water. 25.6 ZOO.FM Breakfast here Tuesday morning on your home at Dubbo's. Best music from the 80s to now. It's Keegan with you. Top of 20 degrees today in Uganda. We're currently 10. A very chilly night ahead to Wednesday. Love 5 degrees. Oh, it's going to be crisp. While Australia's, you know, we all may love the sound of cicadas and the sight of the shells that they just leave everywhere. An event is about to occur overseas that is so severe it's been coined a cicada-geddon. Cicada-geddon. I don't think that word had ever been used before in history and it's probably rightly so that it's being used now. Trillions of cicadas are set to emerge from the ground in the U.S. in the coming days. And while trillions of little critters, I mean trillions of them, sounds bad enough, it turns out they're all infected with some sort of sexually transmitted fungus that has turned them all into the scientifically titled, scientists came up with this term, hypersexual zombie cicadas. What of a sentence is that? Hypersexual zombie cicadas. Right, okay. It turns out that, you know, the fungus infection, as far as I'm aware, it actually gets worse, other than that name being bad enough. Once the cicadas mature and shed their shells, which we find literally everywhere, the fungus causes their private parts to fall off. How horrific. How horrific. I genuinely cannot imagine anything worse or similar to a literal hellscape. Hypersexual zombie cicadas. That's a term I didn't think I'd ever hear in my life, let alone this year in 2024. I do have a feeling as well that we'll get some sort of Walking Dead spin-off solely about hypersexual zombie cicadas sometime in the near future. Imagine Dragons, whatever it takes. 2 FM breakfast. Road work on the way to Wellington this morning. They only allow five minutes of extra travel time if you head them on the Mitchell Highway south to home of Dubbo's best music from the 80s to now. Sochi, 10 minutes to 7. 2 FM breakfast. This is Kegan with you for your Tuesday morning. Top of 20 degrees today in Wellington. Currently 10. Going to be a lovely day ahead. Possibly a few showers around midday. And scientists, we've had the discussion about a lot of animals this morning. There's probably been an hour of animal news, but that's what Fridays are for. So I'm not sure why we're doing it now, but fascinating nonetheless. Another story about biological nightmares after we had the cicada chat about half an hour ago. Scientists have accidentally created a Frankenstein mouse. Accidentally is the key term here. They didn't do it on purpose. It was a rat. It wasn't a mouse either. I think there's a difference between the two. One of them you use for a computer. They've created a Frankenstein rat with six legs. Six. While trying to alter their spinal cords in research of possible aids for humans. Possible aids for human progression and trying to cure diseases. All the good things that require testing on animals. I don't even know how this works. Is any of this humane? I have no idea. The two extra legs that they grew on these rats didn't actually come from nowhere. They didn't just have four legs and they had six. Something had to be sacrificed. The poor rats, in order to gain two extra legs, now have no private parts in exchange for those two extra legs. I don't know how you managed to alter DNA to some degree to make this happen. I don't want to know and I'm not interested in that happening. But it's safe to say when you hear someone say the phrase next time of third leg, begin to actually accuse that person of being a rat. Brian Horan, Slow Ants, Tuesday mornings, UFM Breakfast Jam at Dubbo's, best music from the 80s to now. It's going to be sunny for the rest of the week and really chilly overnight to Wednesday. Below five degrees. Keep them with you. AC, DC, 20 minutes past seven in the morning. I hope you're awake. It's UFM Breakfast. Keep them with you. It's over 20 degrees today in Narrowmine. 11 currently. Chance of a few showers around midday today. Traffic slowing down slightly on the Newell Highway south of Dubbo. There's road work, resurfacing going on. Areas reduced to 40 kilometres an hour. There's no recommendation of how many minutes to add to your travel time with that one. I'd say five, but I'm no expert. The world's oldest man, John Alfred Tinniswood, who was 111 years old, has shared his special secret to a long, healthy life, which is definitely something I need, I can assure you. John was presented with a certificate by the Guinness World Records on Thursday, last week, at his care home where he lives in northwest England, saying that he follows no special diet, never smokes and rarely drinks. However, that isn't his secret. Doing nothing is obviously not his secret. Supposedly, the secret to living to 111 years old, if you were interested and you were looking to do such a thing, is to eat fish and chips regularly. Fish and chips, battered or fried, not sure. But he says here, if you drink too much or you eat too much or you walk too much, if you do too much of anything, you're going to suffer eventually, apart from fish and chips, he told the Guinness World Records. Although he did add at the end, it's pure luck. You either live a long, happy life or you live a short and fulfilled life. You can't do much about it. I have a feeling there was a secret message within that quote there, but supposedly, I'm pretty sure all I've gotten out of that is to not walk anywhere, but consume copious amounts of battered fish and I'll live to 285 years old. Obviously, none of that, a scientific equation. As he said himself, it's pure luck. Just roll the dice. Taylor Swift. Obviously, Zoo FM Breakfast, the place you come for your health advice, especially at 7.30 in the morning as you're waking up and trying to get out the door. You're on the home of Dubbo's best music from the 80s to now. Lovely day ahead. Going to be sunny for most of the week as well, right up until Saturday. Don't let go. Ten minutes to eight. Zoo FM Breakfast is kicking with you for your Tuesday morning. Top of 20 degrees today in Narrowmine, currently 12 degrees. Shower's expected around midday. If you've ever seen the panic in a kid's eyes when they miss the school bus, full well-knowing they're going to face your frustrated, frantic dash to get them to school. Be glad they instead didn't act like this kid from the US. Now, this is just something else. A nine-year-old boy has been involved in a high-speed police pursuit after missing the school bus and taking his mum's car to be able to get there on time instead. Taking his mum, just hop in the driver's seat and off he went. An officer on patrol noticed a car acting erratically, supposedly driving through the garden bed of a petrol station before bumping into his colleague's patrol car. They initiated a pursuit, which briefly went over the speed limit, briefly, and then came to a stop. The officers were left in shock when a nine-year-old kid stuck his head out the window and said, I'm sorry, I was trying to get to school. It's great that society now has children who would rather sleep through the start of school each day, safe to say I was probably one of them, and you have other children who are willing to steal a car to get there on time. That's determination at another level. What a contrast between the two types of kids these days. Panic at the Disco. Sue and Ben breakfast me a Tuesday morning at home with Dubbo's best music from the 80s to now. It's Dugan with you. Cheers to your company on a very cold morning. What a lovely song. I really like that. Never heard it before. Please don't say you love me. Gabrielle Applin. Quarter past eight. Zoo FM breakfast. Top of 20 degrees today in Wellington. Currently 13. Possible showers around midday. You can always give us a ring. 6884 8499. 6884 8499. Obviously, that's me repeating the number. Our number isn't 20 characters long. And I'm not also drawing the Powerball numbers. Maybe I'd be good at that. You never know. If you weren't aware already, here in Dubbo is holding a $5 bag sale of men's, ladies' and children's wear until this Friday. The $5 bag sale is on between 9.30am and 3pm daily at the Alilima Op Shop, which is at 122 Brisbane Street here in Dubbo. Up next, Porch Pirates. People who walk up and nick your parcels during the day when you aren't home or you're just not noticing. One of them has taken the art of disguise into a whole other realm. And it's almost depressive. I mean, he's doing a really terrible and annoying thing. There's an element of grace to it. I'll tell you about it next. You're on Zoo Breakfast. Ed Sheeran, 20 past 8. Zoo FM Breakfast. Top of 20 degrees today in Trangie. Currently 14.5 chance of showers around midday. There's a bit of light to medium to heavy. One of the three. Heavy traffic possibly. One that's happening in between Wellington and Dubbo on the Mitchell Highway. There's a 40km an hour speed limit in place. About halfway between the two towns. It's due to surveying currently going on. They recommend you add about 5 minutes additional time to your travel. I'd say 10. Let's be fair and say 10. Bring a packet of chips or something. Maybe just make your breakfast and hop in the car. Don't try and eat a bowl of cereal while you're driving. That's not entirely what I'm suggesting. Especially if they're doing road work. You hit a bump, and then the child's wearing the cereal. That'd be absolutely fantastic. If you've ever had a parcel stolen off your porch, I've found out why the thieves are so good at what they do. It's from some CCTV that was released recently. An accused porch pirate has been captured on a home CCTV dressed up in a black plastic garbage bag. One of those really cheapo ones that you just get to buy a whole roll of and tear it off. It was an attempt to conceal himself as he snatched a parcel off the porch. He didn't just run up and take it. He slowly crept forward up the driveway, garbage bag completely covering him to his toes while crouched. And he made his way very slowly towards the property. Genuinely, it did look like it was just a bag full of garbage. It was moving, however. When it all came crashing down, I imagine it's once he grabbed the parcel, and he started madly sprinting away. Sprinting up the driveway with the garbage bag still over his head. I mean, a slow-moving garbage bag with footwear on, that's believable. But a supersonic garbage bag flying down the street with its legs flailing around, no, no, I don't think that's believable, to be honest. The killers, Mr. Brightside, 2FM Breakfast, Yamadabo's best music from the 80s to now. As I said, if you're heading to Wellington or up to Dubbo, Mitchell Highway Roadwork, traffic really slowing down this morning. Quarter to nine, 2FM Breakfast, Yamadabo's best music from the 80s to now. Top of 20 degrees today in Gilgandra, currently 16. Brought to you by McDonald's in Dubbo and Wellington, you can win free McCafe coffee for a whole year. A whole year. Just on the MyMac's app. You can see the website for full TNCs. With all the rain we've had recently, it's made the ground pretty wet and immovable. And a crime has been committed because of this. An absolutely unacceptable, horrific crime. A old green letterbox has gone missing in Dubbo. It was reported on Facebook. Someone has gone and stolen it. Why would you steal a mailbox? I don't understand. How hard is it to have a mailbox to begin with? If you don't have one of those proper ones, if you don't have a designer mailbox, I can't believe that's such a thing, just get a bucket and put a number on it. I'm sure the postman or postwoman doesn't discriminate against the mailboxes. He'll put the mail in it no matter what. Supposedly this old green mailbox was ripped out of the ground after all the rain. All the mail was dumped on the floor and then it was stolen. So they weren't looking to actually steal the mail and thought we'll just cut some corners here and take the whole mailbox. They were just after the mailbox. I have never heard of a situation so desperate where someone actually just wanted a mailbox. Normally they're looking to commit identity fraud by taking the mail. No, just after your mailbox. What a ridiculous thing. So if you see an old green letterbox lying around, head to the Dubbo Crime Report's Facebook page because it's definitely not where it's supposed to be. You're on Zoo's Brekkie. Sochi, wrapping up Zoo FM breakfast for your Tuesday morning. Home of Dubbo's best music from the 80s to now. Top of 20 degrees in Dubbo. The same in Cobar today. Full weather after the local and national news. The 80s are at work on the way. On the show tomorrow, do you have kids that play video games but you seriously cannot convince them to stop playing them? Well, I'm going to have a chat with someone from the East Safety Commission about playing online games but actually playing them for a good reason rather than a bad reason. So maybe there's no reason to entirely ban them. You don't need to pick up the PlayStation and put it through the washing machine, I can assure you. Your 80s are at work is next.