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What I find interesting is, why do ALL the cicadas of the same species happen to follow the exact same 17-year life cycle? Why aren't the life cycles staggered so that each year, some of them emerge from the ground, finishing their 17-year periods? Why are they so syncronized? So at any given time, all the cicadas alive are exactly the same age!
I wonder how it all got started in the beginning.
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April 21st, 2004, 04:34 AM
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We could box them up and ship them to China. I hear that the Chinese think they are tasty!  I wonder how much we could get per pound? |
April 21st, 2004, 04:43 AM
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What I find interesting is, why do ALL the cicadas of the same species happen to follow the exact same 17-year life cycle? Why aren't the life cycles staggered so that each year, some of them emerge from the ground, finishing their 17-year periods? Why are they so syncronized? So at any given time, all the cicadas alive are exactly the same age!
I wonder how it all got started in the beginning.
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April 21st, 2004, 09:18 AM
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April 21st, 2004, 09:50 AM
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BUGGIES!
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April 21st, 2004, 11:07 AM
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Re: OT: THEY are here...
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What I find interesting is, why do ALL the cicadas of the same species happen to follow the exact same 17-year life cycle? Why aren't the life cycles staggered so that each year, some of them emerge from the ground, finishing their 17-year periods? Why are they so syncronized? So at any given time, all the cicadas alive are exactly the same age!
I wonder how it all got started in the beginning.
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This is common in the natural world. Randomly spaced "bumper crops" followed by low years so predators don't overwhelm the prey. Happens with acorns, cherries, and in this case Brood X {wiki} |
April 21st, 2004, 11:14 AM
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We could box them up and ship them to China. I hear that the Chinese think they are tasty! I wonder how much we could get per pound?
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I often wonder why some entrepreneur doesn't get into this sort of animal husbandry. I heard that some grasshoppers being sold in local stores in southwestern US for comsumption were contaminated with dangerous levels of lead. If someone in the midwest farmed them in an enclosure, fed them clean grain stalks, froze and shipped them out in colorful packaging... So what if it never sold to Americans, we could be on the threshold of a lucrative foreign market. |
April 21st, 2004, 11:45 AM
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I once worked with a lady who ate cat food every day for lunch. 
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April 22nd, 2004, 03:21 AM
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Napalm. Lots and lots of napalm.
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April 22nd, 2004, 06:23 AM
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Napalm. Lots and lots of napalm.
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But there not hurting you.
Besides, how am I supposed to eat them if you burn them to ashes?
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