Comments for "Giant Cicadas - 17 Year Emergence" Video at VideoSift.com

By JAPR

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:23:45 -0800

earfuck lol

By berticus

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:51:38 -0800

the only thing missing from this is why the number 17 is significant.

By Throbbin

Throbbin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:27:11 -0800

Their molting (or whatever it's called) is nasty. When that thing started to emerge from the old husk of skin, I was reminded of "The Fly".

By dgandhi

dgandhi (http://www.videosift.com/member/dgandhi) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:41:42 -0800

berticus:

Attenborough pointing out that 17 is prime, and therefor has significant survival benefit as a reproductive cycle length would take more time to explain to the layman then the whole vid, and probably the whole program.

By berticus

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:32:05 -0800

you just explained it in a single sentence, but point taken

By drattus

drattus (http://www.videosift.com/member/drattus) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:59:57 -0800

May be astonishing and amazing as he says when you don't live with it, but more annoying if you do. I went through two of those in Maryland and it doesn't take long for you to wish it was over.

By eric3579

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:50:07 -0700

Sorry *dead

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:50:07 -0700

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by eric3579.