Greedy squirrels annihilating poor, clumsy Brood X Cicadas – see it in our latest video! The theory is that these periodic cicadas emerge in such massive numbers as a survival strategy called “predator satiation”. This is where the predators get so full of cicadas that the remaining cicada horde still have a great chance of reproducing. The true definition of “taking one for the team”!
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That devious squirrel discarded the cicada’s corpse like it was trash! So vicious!