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Diabolical Cicadas

Published: May 20, 2021, 2:14 p.m.

The 17 year cicada's and the brood X existence might instead be a deliberate choice to send a message to all the other species that it understands evolution.  In some way, species are aware of the evolutionary pressures of other species.   They can act on this awareness to mess things up for them, but in a playful harassing way.   This creature knows how to create a bountiful feast on a schedule that does no good to any other species. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/20/diabolical-cicadas/