Millions of Cicadas are Invading...This is Why! (13 Year Cicadas Explained)
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- As vast numbers of periodical cicadas emerge from their underground lairs and take flight, let's explore why and how these insects appear en-masse and then disappear with hardly a trace!
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this channel is critically underrated
this year it s also the first time since 1803 that both 17 and 13 years are going out at the same time
Imagine living in a society of children, and then all at once you're all adults, but only for a month and a half, and everybody needs to get hitched immediately to start a generation of new children that have to learn everything from scratch with no adults present. Would be an interesting sci fi story.
Thank you for doing a video on these guys!! These cicadas are all over our yard and neighborhood! I’ve been wanting to see/hear these cicadas since I was a child, now I’m finally getting to! I know a lot of people find them annoying, but it only happens every 13 years so I’m considering it a treat!
It was a pleasure to be able to film them, truly a spectacular natural event!
It's rather wonderful when you hear a whole gob of them singing at once.
Agreed, such an iconic summer symphony!
I'm here because we were just in the Ouachita Forest here in Arkansas and encountered these little guys. The sound they make is like nothing I've ever heard before.
That's awesome, I think you might even be seeing the 17 year cicadas out that way!
Growing up in the Country Ben I can say alot of people don't like them but I miss hearing them. Thanks for the Amazing video Ben you bought back some memories 😉👍❤️
Glad you enjoyed! It's crazy to me that people don't appreciate their sounds, such an iconic summer noise.
I was looking for a theme to give my dnd warlock patron, landed on cicada, and now I'm suddenly here watching tons of videos on the 2024 cicada emergence
That's a sick theme, glad it brought you here!
This was pretty cool. Today I definitely learned something new!
Excellent, glad to hear that!
You do great work Ben! ❤
Thank you!
Another fascinating nature video. Thank you, Ben (and Thomas)!
Thanks Byron, I'm so fortunate to have had a chance to document this event!
I really need to see the cicadas this year, any idea where the nearest emergence to Philadelphia is? This was an excellent video Ben, you explained this incredible natural history event very well and got some cool footage too, especially that timelapse of the wings filling with hemolymph. Great stuff!
You definitely should try and see them, it was one of my most memorable wildlife experiences ever. I think there are good emergence maps online, NC has one that is coded to the county level with anticipated dates. Maybe there's one for PA!
Another great video! Great explanation about how they make sound - we have a species that emerges every summer here, and holding them to feel the sound wave vibrations is just amazing.
Thanks Joy! It's remarkable how loud such a tiny creature can be.
Thank you for another stunning nature video Ben.
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
I've never seen them crawl out like zombies 🧟♂️. When I first heard cicadas, thought it was the electrical wires 😅
It must be wild for them to crawl out of the ground after 13 years of no sunlight.
@@TheWildReportOfficial that's how I felt as a teenager 😅
nice!
Thanks Adrian, I'd love to see an Ant Lab video about this species!
VERY interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
These are indeed a very loud insect. I have seen a few of the over the last 2 or 3 years. I guess they did get the memo.
You might have also heard the annual cicadas calling!
Thank you Ben. I learned a couple of new things.
Awesome, glad to hear that!
This is going to be great for fishing
Probably so!
You've got some great footage here. Could I use some of these shots for a music video I'm making?
Sure thing, just be sure to credit me!
Those are so cute!
They are! Their little red eyes are so cool looking.
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I wonder why only every 13 years ?
There are a few theories. One is that it is timed to avoid predator bumper crops, another is that it minimizes hybridization with other species.
Are you saying the world is ending?
If you are an adult Riley's 13 Year Cicada, yes.
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Cool stuff, only they didn't evolve, they were designed 😉
I hate cicadas
That sucks! I’m loving the current bloom :) they don’t do anything lol. Litterally free fishing bait, also the wild animals are feasting!
@shreyshrey7072 Well, I don't hate them they just creep me out
Species do not evolve these cycles or into other species. That is because genetically, and biologically, that is impossible. These cycles are encoded in their DNA the same way our life path is encoded in our DNA. Coded information means two things: A, You have to have a programmer behind it. B. Coded information will not coherently modify spontaneously in nature. All life forms are a product of what we would call genetic engineering. Both creationists and evolutionists offer a false explanation for the existence of life on this planet, and they know it.