Real Science's video: The Insane Biology of: The Cicada

Join the Real Science Patreon to get bonus content, voting power, and access to the coolest community of animal lovers out there. (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-the-periodical-cicada Thanks to Dr. Chris Simon for taking the time to talk to us. Check out more of her research here: https://wp.chris-simon-lab.eeb.uconn.edu/ Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: Eric Ypsilantis Robert Thompson Keith Skipper Credits: Writer/Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (watchnebula.com/realengineering) References [1] https://cicadas.uconn.edu/brood_19/ [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637745/ [*] https://cicadas.uconn.edu/ [3] https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/Frontiers/FPS482pdf.pdf [4] https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=c1d381bde4bf6d667d571a29630a0f925d7bbb63 [5] https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0906424106 [6] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00164.x [7] https://blogs.iu.edu/ecohealth/2021/12/13/the-cicadian-rhythm-the-effects-of-cicada-sounds-on-cognitive-functioning/ [8] https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.06-5991com [9] https://www.science.org/content/article/secret-cicadas-chirp [10] [11] Gene Kritsky A Tale of Two Broods: The 2024 Emergence of Periodical Cicada Broods XIII and XIX Ohio Biological Survey 2024 [12] https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ento-072121-061108 [13] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1754504819300352?via%3Dihub [14]https://escholarship.org/content/qt1k95s1tp/qt1k95s1tp_noSplash_0f60a31a8deccbbcc2d544c95ea04b79.pdf