earfuck lol

the only thing missing from this is why the number 17 is significant.

Their molting (or whatever it's called) is nasty. When that thing started to emerge from the old husk of skin, I was reminded of "The Fly".

berticus:

Attenborough pointing out that 17 is prime, and therefor has significant survival benefit as a reproductive cycle length would take more time to explain to the layman then the whole vid, and probably the whole program.

you just explained it in a single sentence, but point taken

May be astonishing and amazing as he says when you don't live with it, but more annoying if you do. I went through two of those in Maryland and it doesn't take long for you to wish it was over.

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I was visiting family in West Virginia when I was maybe 13 or so and there was an "outbreak" of these things. It was extremely aggravating. They smelled terrible and the roads were covered with them from getting hit/run over by cars. I remember going outside with a plastic bat and hitting them... It was unbelievable how many of these things there were

In NZ where I grew up these guys are around nearly all summer, just sitting outside your window, chillin', chirpin', lookin' for mates etc.

>> ^berticus:

the only thing missing from this is why the number 17 is significant.


And how their 17 years can come to a horrible end through the Cicada Killer Wasp.

Huh, I thought they were going to be really huge, but that's the same size as the green ones we get here in Australia. We get them every single year, the hunt for the shells stuck on trees etc. is great fun as a kid.

We don't get them in numbers that ridiculous, but there are enough of them such that when they start their noise of an evening it's darn loud.

Cool, didn't know that about clicking. I wonder if that works with the Aussie ones too? Will have to try next summer.

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