What's all the buzz about cicadas? Every news channel was covering how the 13 year brood and the 17 year brood are overlapping this year and how crazy the cicadas are going to be. Do they NOT KNOW that cicadas aren't everywhere in the USA? There are lots of places that don't have cicadas. What about those people? Well, thanks to these forest workers, you too can learn about cicadas. Forest workers in Illinois decided to educate the public about cicadas . . . by dressing up as them and acting out their life cycle. First, a worker climbs out of the ground and makes her way up a tree while a guy narrates. Then another worker dressed as a male cicada "sings" to attract a female. They used a bongo-style thing to simulate the sound they make. It ends with a new cicada hatching, feeding, and burrowing into the ground to feed on roots for 17 years. For some reason, they didn't cover the part where the cicadas pee everywhere. Check it out:
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