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Exploring the rare emergence of cicadas every 13 or 17 years, impacting ecosystems and bird populations. Discover the fascinating interaction between zombie cicadas and ants, and the effects on trees and forest ecosystems.
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- Cicadas synchronize emergence based on soil temperature, transforming ecosystems with noise as loud as a jet engine.
- Predators like birds experience a surge in populations due to cicada emergence, altering food chains and impacting seed dispersal mechanisms.
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The Phenomenon of Periodical Cicadas Emergence
Billions of cicadas, after more than a decade underground, are emerging, creating a noise as loud as a jet engine. Co-emergence of two broods, Brood 13 and Brood 19, is occurring for the first time in 200 years, making this event highly rare. The cicadas, with a unique life cycle spent mostly underground as nymphs, emerge to mate after years of feeding on tree sap. They synchronize their emergence based on the soil temperature and can transform entire ecosystems.
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