Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?
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[MUSIC] Awake my children Our day is nigh. We have waited long enough, crawling beneath the world. Rise, and meet your destiny. Sing your song! EMERGE!” They may look weird and scary, crawling out of the ground with their red, beady eyes, but this is no zombie plague. It’s the rise of the periodical cicadas. Cicadas are nothing to be afraid of. They’re not locusts, they’re not gonna wipe out your crops or eat your baby. Cicada mouthparts are more like straws than jaws, specially adapted for sucking up plant juices, and that’s exactly what they’ve been doing, underground, for more than a decade. Some cicada species show up every year, giving a buzz to summer afternoons, but a genus known as Magicicada, or the periodical cicadas, is special. Magi...
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[MUSIC] Awake my children Our day is nigh. We have waited long enough, crawling beneath the world. Rise, and meet your destiny. Sing your song! EMERGE!” They may look weird and scary, crawling out of the ground with their red, beady eyes, but this is no zombie plague. It’s the rise of the periodical cicadas. Cicadas are nothing to be afraid of. They’re not locusts, they’re not gonna wipe out your crops or eat your baby. Cicada mouthparts are more like straws than jaws, specially adapted for sucking up plant juices, and that’s exactly what they’ve been doing, underground, for more than a decade. Some cicada species show up every year, giving a buzz to summer afternoons, but a genus known as Magicicada, or the periodical cicadas, is special. Magi...
