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Holy crap there were 10 million crickets out last night. It was cold for the first time last night here in Texas and the damn crickets came out. We went to a piece of crap fire alarm at the stupid McDonalds and it sounded like we were driving on....well 10 million damn crickets. Anyway, there is a point to this story, tust me. So we were already awake and in awe of the multitude of crickets and decided to perform an experiment. I must warn you, it is the biggest waste of time on the planet and if you have something better to do than read this go ahead, I won't be hurt. Ok, we got some duct tape and made a 5 strip wide section and layed it on the ground sticky side up and set it on the patio where the crickets were swarming. Here is some of the data we collected.
65% of the crickets who walked onto the tape backed up after getting two or four legs stuck.
30% walked all the way on to it and jumped off after a few seconds of trying to walk across.
5% walked all the way across. Real troopers.
Crickets that rip a leg off trying to free themself from a sticky surface jump crooked.
But still jump.
Crickets that landed on the strip upside down generally left without their wings.
Crickets do not like sugar, honey, oatmeal, corn starch, powder laxative or chili powder. (we put a small ammount of each on the strip trying to attract the bugs and see if they ate people food)
Crickets really do not like chili powder. They few that landed in the pile acted really ****ed off.
Crickets will dive bomb other crickets that are in trouble. Some got stuck in the middle and the other crickets would jump from like 10,000 feet (in cricket feet) and drill them. We were unsure if this was an attempt to free the trapped cricket or just to be an ***.
See I told you it was ignorant. So whats the stupidest thing you have ever done at the fire station at 3 am? Id like to see if anyone can top this.
65% of the crickets who walked onto the tape backed up after getting two or four legs stuck.
30% walked all the way on to it and jumped off after a few seconds of trying to walk across.
5% walked all the way across. Real troopers.
Crickets that rip a leg off trying to free themself from a sticky surface jump crooked.
But still jump.
Crickets that landed on the strip upside down generally left without their wings.
Crickets do not like sugar, honey, oatmeal, corn starch, powder laxative or chili powder. (we put a small ammount of each on the strip trying to attract the bugs and see if they ate people food)
Crickets really do not like chili powder. They few that landed in the pile acted really ****ed off.
Crickets will dive bomb other crickets that are in trouble. Some got stuck in the middle and the other crickets would jump from like 10,000 feet (in cricket feet) and drill them. We were unsure if this was an attempt to free the trapped cricket or just to be an ***.
See I told you it was ignorant. So whats the stupidest thing you have ever done at the fire station at 3 am? Id like to see if anyone can top this.
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