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To: Uncle Frank who started this subject3/30/2004 10:26:37 PM
From: Mike Buckley  Read Replies (2) of 22706
 
Those of us living on the U. S. east coast will have to endure the season of the 17-year cicada this spring. It will be impossible to walk on a sidewalk without hearing and feeling the crunch of dead cicadas underfoot. To ensure that I fully appreciate this event that won't occur for another 17 years (thank goodness!), my wife has been kind enough to provide me lots of information about the critters.

However, I'm now beginning to wonder about the main thrust of this education, thinking that her motivation might be something other than altruism. She told me today that her favorite part of the cicada's fascinating life cycle, quoted from nothing less than a National Geographic piece to impress me of course with the authenticity of the information, is that "shortly after mating, the male usually keels over and dies."

--Mike Buckley
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