The truth about cicadas

Shas'o Kais · Trimis: 05/10/2007 22:54 Titlul subiectului: The truth about cicadas

'Brood X' cicadas are now emerging after living underground for 17 years. There are millions of them, and they have just a few weeks to mate and lay eggs before they die.
But they stick around long enough to cause rumors to fly -- and hoaxes to develop.
The cicada is brown, with red eyes, but very occasional instances of blue, silver or white eyes have been reported in the past.
That's just enough to start a great hoax about cicadas!
The latest email hoax about cicadas is that the world-famous John Hopkins University will pay from $100 - $1000 for 'rare blue-eyed cicadas.'
The University's biology department has been swarmed (pun intended) with calls from people hoping for more information on these cicadas so they can begin their search for 'ol blue eyes.'
You see, back in 1947 a biologist there offered to pay Baltimore children 25 cents for every 100 fireflies they brought him -- he needed them for some research. He got millions. Every summer. For years.
But no one at John Hopkins University right now is studying cicadas -- there isn't even an entomologist in the biology department!
No one knows for sure where the cash for cicadas rumor started, but just like the bugs themselves, it seems to reappear -- every 17 years. <grin>
And in case you've heard otherwise, "it is not," as health commissioner of Baltimore, Dr. Peter L. Beilenson, has announced, "the end of civilization as we know it." He even had to call a news conference to reassure local citizens! ;-)

He did, however, provide a scientific estimate of the number of cicadas that will crawl from the ground in Maryland and attach themselves to trees, screen doors and human hair: "in the billions."
But they don't sting or bite or hurt humans, animals or trees.
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