Beautiful and touching, Clam. Thanks.

Eeeeewwwwww, yuck!!

Eeeeewwwwww, yuck!!?? What happened to touching and beautiful?

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I found this on youtube all by myself without help from anyone. It is totally cool and I'm glad I can share my find with you.

I find the best things to share with you. One more reason why it's good to know me.

Very good, although I was half expecting some little ones in yellow wellies to go stomping down a sidewalk somewhere...

Another fine example of why knowing Clam is Priceless

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Another fine example of why knowing Clam is Priceless

Yeah, knowing Clam is the greatest........

One of the 8th grade teams changed their end of year plans to avoid any drama that might be associated with walking to Lake Ellyn with all of the cicadas.

Shame on them! What kind of teachers are they? This is an event and should be celebrated and experienced. Isn't that right Clam? Think about it- every 17 yrs!

I'll be dead the next time they emerge.

That teacher needs to educate the children that these things are.....harmless. Unless you're a really young tree.

I'm helping with that 8th grade party/team building activities and given the plans, I'd prefer not to step or sit on the crunchy things....

NOW THAT'S JUST A BAD ATTITUDE, AMY!!!

Learn to love nature...including her pimples.

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I'll be dead the next time they emerge.

We're gonna hold you to that!

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NOW THAT'S JUST A BAD ATTITUDE, AMY!!!

Learn to love nature...including her pimples.

I've been accused of such things before... oh well. I'll take the label along with the lack of cicadas crunching under my feet.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade...can you say free appetizers?

• Cicadas are said to make good eating because they are low in fat and high in protein. They are considered a delicacy by many people around the world. The European settlers in North America observed the Indians eating them. During the last emergence of Brood X cicadas in 1987, a number of people in Cincinnati and Illinois were reported to have tried deep-fried and stir-fried cicadas. There was also talk of cicada pizzas and cicada candy, and local newspapers printed cicada recipes.

• Experts say that the best way to eat cicadas is to collect them in the middle of the night as they emerge from their burrows and before their skins harden. When they are in this condition—like soft-shell crabs—they can be boiled for about a minute. It is said they taste like asparagus or clam-flavored potato.

Anything Clam related can't be good. Parker,the Boys and Otto being the exceptions.

From Scotts:

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The northern Illinois brood, which will emerge in late May 2007, has a reputation for the largest emergence of cicadas known anywhere. During the 1956 emergence, they counted an average of 311 nymphal emergence holes per square yard of ground in a forested floodplain near Chicago. This translates to 1½ million cicadas per acre.

My stupid old dog has been spending a ton of time hanging out under the bushes and in the gardens in our back yard. And curiously, she often hasn't been hungry for her dinner. Took us a while to put 2 and 2 together...

I hope she doesn't get mercury poisoning.