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These cicadas are nature's kings of the calendar, crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years and singing as loud as jet engines.

Cicadas are about to emerge in numbers unseen for decades, but that is not the only strange thing about them. For instance, cicadas urinate stronger and faster than elephants.

US News: The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren't just plentiful, they're downright weird.

Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.

Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. These cicadas are natures kings of the calendar, crawling

Cicadas are clearly king when it comes to peeing, urinating two to three times stronger and faster than elephants and humans.

Cicadas are clearly king when it comes to peeing, urinating two to three times stronger and faster than elephants and humans.

An unusual cicada double dose is about to invade parts of the United States for the first time since Thomas Jefferson was president.

Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature's kings of the calendar.

Cicadas are clearly king when it comes to peeing, urinating two to three times stronger and faster than elephants and humans.