thebrainscoop | The cicadas are coming!! @thebrainscoop | Uploaded 5 months ago | Updated 15 minutes ago
For the first time in 221 years, two broods of cicadas that emerge only after 13- and 17- years respectively, are set to erupt simultaneously in certain regions across the US. And they're already here, waiting just below the surface 😶🌫️
For the first time in 221 years, two broods of cicadas that emerge only after 13- and 17- years respectively, are set to erupt simultaneously in certain regions across the US. And they're already here, waiting just below the surface 😶🌫️
![Aliens? Demon? Nope, its just a fish. [60 Second Specimens]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUcZrJJfOMk/hqdefault.jpg "Aliens? Demon? Nope, its just a fish. [60 Second Specimens]
Every specimen has a story; is this an alien, or a demon baby?! For hundreds of years, sailors sold these manipulated skates to tourists and oddity collectors marketed as such- but really, [spoiler] its just a fish.
Thanks to Caleb McMahan and Susan Mochel for their help on this video!
More 60 Second Specimen stories:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9Txpke4mWgBrsHVgNLeunW-XY
Created by:
Emily Graslie Brandon Brungard Sheheryar Ahsan
This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.fieldmuseum.org")
