Science non-fiction

[perfectscorn]

When I was ten months old, my family moved to Princeton for a year and a half. And as I found out at lunch today, while we were there, my parents encountered a certain species of locust. These locusts are on a thirteen-year cycle (or possibly seventeen, my parents couldn't remember which), meaning that they only show up every thirteen (or maybe

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[nepenthe_cup]

I think that it is 17 years. I heard on NPR that a 17 year cycle is perfect for the reason that it is one of only a few numbered cycles that almost NEVER coincides with other numbered cycles. This means that while on a 17 year cycle, and practically only on a 17 year cycle, the locusts breed as predator free as godly possible.

[the_priculici]

If you do develop mutant powers, may I be the first to join in your ensuing battle for mutant rights?

[perfectscorn]

Of course! After all, a battle like that just has to be of epic proportions, and to do that you need as many people as possible.