https://apnews.com/article/cicadas-fungus-zombies-pee-urination-pumps-7bf34c2d7a3955efc13cfa05e92f27cb
The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren't just plentiful, they're downright weird.
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You spend all that time and money on a PhD in entomology, you’ve got to justify it somehow. How else are you gonna get that grant money to fund your entire career?
Measuring Cicada pee, that’s how.
Didn't forget about the military applications of cicada urination. It's not like the research is just frivolous.
Headlines are meant to get attention and this one does that. What you're saying is absolutely true though. There's an incredible amount of weird and horrifying stuff that happens in the animal kingdom. Humans included...
Man, you gotta be careful with these things. The NIST is liable to see that and declare the “single cicada piss stream” as the new unit of measurement to replace the already rather Victorian “inHg”.