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They hid for seventeen years, and now they are appearing in a number of American states for a brief moment: cicadas. The billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to mate. “Their sole purpose as an adult is to have sex,” explains one expert. After mating, the insects die – and their offspring burrow for another seventeen years.
25 May 2021 22:57
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