Cicada Molts its Exoskeleton on Emerging Above the Ground After Years
This cicada emerged after staying underground for 17 years in Washington DC, USA. It entered the molting stage and shed its exoskeleton slowly.
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00:00 [Indistinct chatter]
00:21 This is the best life ever!
00:25 Can you, can you...
00:26 Look, he's really moving.
00:28 Oh my gosh. Um, guys, guys, let me show you something.
00:32 Right here, look.
00:34 Mommy is too much into the fence.
00:37 Go to the tree.
00:38 No, this one's molting though.
00:40 This one is molting.
00:42 Look at this.
00:43 Is it male?
00:44 I don't know yet.
00:45 I don't know if it's a male.
00:47 Oh my gosh!
00:48 Oh my gosh, that's not natural!