The Brood X cicadas are popping out on their 17 year hibernation cycle, infesting parts of the eastern United States for the next few weeks. They're needlessly loud, garish, and incredibly horny. That's pretty much the gig. Make a quick pass through the ladies and find a breeding mate. Get the job done. Then die. Not much different than the cast of Jersey Shore. Where are those horndogs now? Either forgotten or dead. Cicadas are 10 times smarter than the Jersey Shore parasites. The video above from WHAS11's Shay McAlister takes us on a journey through 1970, 1987, and 2004 cyclical appearances of billions of cicadas. The late Fred Wiche, the leading voice in The Vault video above, was a news reporter and anchor for
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You think 2020 is tough? Just wait until next year when the cicadas return!
Australian fires started 2020. Then came the threat of nuclear war with Iran. Chinese military jets have been buzzing American warships. Oh, and then there's that little COVID-19 pandemic with an as yet uncertain outcome. Next year could be even stranger when the 17 year cycle for cicadas delivers billions of the buzzing bug-eyed pests in a Biblical plague of dead baby beastly bodies. I made the most of it two cycles ago when Sammy the Cicada and I spent a fabulous few hours together. 2020 is all about isolation. 2021 will be a noisy, crowded infestation. Pick your poison. It's going to be a bumpy decade. Terry and his pet cicada (1987)@WHAS11 @840WHAS serious journalismnot fake newshttps://t.co/aBzDHJlnKm#loumedia #kymedia— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June