Tabitha and I went on a cicada hunt sometime last month. These guys emerge from the ground once every 17 years for a mass mating. Their babies hatch and bury themselves for another 17 years.
We finally found them at a forest preserve in the northwest suburbs (Glen Ellyn, IL). Boy were they loud! And e v e r y w h e r e. And so ugly. It was awesome. On one small plant, I counted over 30 cicadas. They were pretty inactive; just sat there and stared with buggy red eyes. But, when they climbed up a tree to find a mate, they were in a real hurry! My scientific observation and calculation puts them at a proportional speed of 35 miles an hour. We must have ogled for almost an hour. Tabitha has a video of one climbing and of us screeching in delight in the background.
Click blog title for pictures at Tab's flickr page.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
new bullet point
on my list of people that i roll my eyes at.
- people who cannot fathom the idea of anyone eating food other than foods they are comfortable with. examples: guinea pig, cricket, rat, squirrel, cicada, worm.
while heading to work from my infusion/lunch, i passed a small group of people discussing the latest travel programs they watched. a girl squeamished, "i saw one where this guy was roasting a guinea pig on a stick. i mean, how can you eat guinea pig? yuck." (click for photo, courtesy of tim)
well, dear lady, you eat guinea pig, rat, squirrel, cicadas, and worms when that's the food that is available to you. it's fine if you don't like the idea of eating guinea pig or worms. howver, you cannot scoff at another culture's or person's choice of food. it makes you sound small minded and ignorant. by the way, guinea pig tastes pretty darn good and juicy, kind of like duck.
just because i roll my eyes at you doesn't mean i don't like you. just maybe a little less than i did before.
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