Giant Cicada Adapts During Dinosaurs

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Giant cicadas flew in the sky and fed on tree sap during the age of dinosaurs

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Giant, fat, hairy giant cicada-like bug called Palaeontinidae flew in the sky and fed on tree sap.

But something disturbed its peaceful existence triggered the evolution of wings that could dart it away quickly.

The bugs were big, fat and hairy, living an idyllic life munching on the sticky substance inside woody trees, plants that had just arrived on the global scene.

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