diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm
index 2e95e92cded..9f0e128c177 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	if(!gibbed)
 		if(istype(src, /mob/living/carbon/slime/adult))
 			ghostize()
-			explosion(loc, -1,-1,3,12)
+			new primarytype(loc)
+			new primarytype(loc)
 			if(src)	del(src)
 		else
 			for(var/mob/O in viewers(src, null))
diff --git a/icons/effects/genetics.dmi b/icons/effects/genetics.dmi
index 8ba86cdc07a..5c42e5b64c5 100644
Binary files a/icons/effects/genetics.dmi and b/icons/effects/genetics.dmi differ