To celebrate cicadageddon 2024, here's one of my favorite past episodes, this one on cicadapocalypse 2021: BROOD X has been waiting 17 years to emerge from the ground. What is Brood X? Should we panic? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: How is it fair that swarms of baby turtles are considered cute, but swarms of bugs are considered “horrifying?” 

Guest: Mara Wilson

Footnotes:

Cicada

https://live.staticflickr.com/3067/2607912292_150e08400e_z.jpg



Cicada tymbal 

https://www.cicadamania.com/images/tymbalanism.gif



Cicada sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJ6DL_1R9I



Holes left by mass cicada emergence (warning for trypophobia)

https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/A-e1373044330806.jpg



Lots of cicadas!

https://mk0charlottestopdskr.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cicadas-swarm-north-carolina.jpg



Mass sea turtle hatching! 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/olive-ridley-sea-turtle-swarm-filmed-costa-rica



Giant river turtle!

https://zooinstitutes.com/img/animals/83/831567514683_33.jpg



Mass river turtle hatching!

https://www.treehugger.com/rare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340



Soft coral

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/84bPOAlpoBNPmyhMTsbhJ-iF7UDOo1lCST_18GrEChIqlOg6CL-nO1yx_6AVw8g2FWgRFAndhaD3HAUw_zMrVDbbNGYQS2Uqob1196fcVrNv7bveRZTylg03CdBwB3BCnpQ



Stony coral

https://www.ecomagazine.com/images/Newsletter/0_2020/Week_1-6-20/underwater-photography-of-coral-reef-3100361.jpg

To celebrate cicadageddon 2024, here's one of my favorite past episodes, this one on cicadapocalypse 2021: BROOD X has been waiting 17 years to emerge from the ground. What is Brood X? Should we panic? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: How is it fair that swarms of baby turtles are considered cute, but swarms of bugs are considered “horrifying?” 
Guest: Mara Wilson
Footnotes:
Cicada
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Cicada tymbal 
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cicadamania.com%2Fimages%2Ftymbalanism.gif&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738685519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QCt0AnfxLsBdXpg7ZMpE%2FQwGJfaWa3AjYBMOg8Ozu4Y%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.cicadamania.com/images/tymbalanism.gif</a>
 
Cicada sounds
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMNJ6DL_1R9I&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738692611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nFXWSDRF7MjhH6bxHv2KSXe4KJCOsresNmK51WZEszw%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJ6DL_1R9I</a>
 
Holes left by mass cicada emergence (warning for trypophobia)
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FA-e1373044330806.jpg&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738699235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LkzEb%2F5TfGfvvxssP6ZhMylxCDo%2BdytCf%2FwOQOR3MrY%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/A-e1373044330806.jpg</a>
 
Lots of cicadas!
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmk0charlottestopdskr.kinstacdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FCicadas-swarm-north-carolina.jpg&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738706759%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sHoYbsGkqV5bIjjHCG4WsFxEmBElxbQUjruTWqGFJ04%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://mk0charlottestopdskr.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cicadas-swarm-north-carolina.jpg</a>
 
Mass sea turtle hatching! 
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fanimals%2Farticle%2Folive-ridley-sea-turtle-swarm-filmed-costa-rica&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738713732%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vqldYvGdblJBzd7TI0sWfXiu0Fy%2BVD3N62hevbV%2Bkpw%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/olive-ridley-sea-turtle-swarm-filmed-costa-rica</a>
 
Giant river turtle!
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzooinstitutes.com%2Fimg%2Fanimals%2F83%2F831567514683_33.jpg&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738720523%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=S6GKSJuQQ14kImgYB%2BkXBi8IEsGJSc3RBlDePeE9MKQ%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://zooinstitutes.com/img/animals/83/831567514683_33.jpg</a>
 
Mass river turtle hatching!
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.treehugger.com%2Frare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738727260%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qt46S26Kv9OGi6OHnPBi81NVdrwx9OATZFe1I71qX4g%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.treehugger.com/rare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340</a>
 
Soft coral
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fproxy%2F84bPOAlpoBNPmyhMTsbhJ-iF7UDOo1lCST_18GrEChIqlOg6CL-nO1yx_6AVw8g2FWgRFAndhaD3HAUw_zMrVDbbNGYQS2Uqob1196fcVrNv7bveRZTylg03CdBwB3BCnpQ&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738734091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Pzu6pQi92k0bJhlggRRlET2JIJkWC4yUw%2B7NANtwPUU%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/84bPOAlpoBNPmyhMTsbhJ-iF7UDOo1lCST_18GrEChIqlOg6CL-nO1yx_6AVw8g2FWgRFAndhaD3HAUw_zMrVDbbNGYQS2Uqob1196fcVrNv7bveRZTylg03CdBwB3BCnpQ</a>
 
Stony coral
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecomagazine.com%2Fimages%2FNewsletter%2F0_2020%2FWeek_1-6-20%2Funderwater-photography-of-coral-reef-3100361.jpg&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cac58478c000543457a1208dc69e9785e%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638501699738741121%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wOfb9BXPVN2LhP1R0TkM3b%2B6sTootQuCf7ZRxcJLlts%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://www.ecomagazine.com/images/Newsletter/0_2020/Week_1-6-20/underwater-photography-of-coral-reef-3100361.jpg</a>

We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

Creature Feature

Creature Classic®: Brood X!

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5c4b3446-cbec-4ba3-b614-b1630117a72d/transcript

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