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Amazing Cicada life cycle - Sir David Attenborough's Life in the Undergrowth - BBC wildlife

After lying beneath the earth for up to 17 years, cicadas venture above ground as a massive group to shed their larvae shells, sprout wings and sing for a mate. Sir David Attenborough demonstrates ...  
 
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zeroelliott4146 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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sexy!
tchadwick (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Wouldn't there be a new batch every year? Each 17 years old?
platzie (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Well i assume they must only mate for one period of time in their life. So as baby cicadas are born from this cycle, they wait underground for 17years and come out, where the mating cycle begins again. So the way i interpreted it was the mating cycle for the cicada species is once every 17 years.
ShmexieGIR (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Aww that's so cute!! He's following his snaps!!
hiyadroogs (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Trouble is Shinku, singing for a mate would eliminate about 85% of tone deaf men from the gene pool!
Mind you, it would give us guys who can carry a tune a much clearer run at the beauties!
As for singing during the actual sexual act, well that would depend on your tastes in music. What if you like Madame Butterfly, & he likes to scream some heavy metal number from Megadeath? 'Get off! Get off me right NOW!! lol
Barryms0083 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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yeah! get down to business!
trimaican12 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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i remember when i was in 3rd grade and they came out. i was scared of them so much they were everywhere! like omg i couldnt even get out the house i was scared if i squished one of them the whole swerm would of go on me
MultiNobody3 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Good heavens Miss Akamoto. You're beautiful!!!
Scythemantis (1 month ago) Show Hide
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wouldn't any animal in the world be "disgusting" after your stupid reject ass stepped on it, Daniel?
Scythemantis (1 month ago)
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