What do you know about, and how do you feel about crickets? In Ancient China, crickets were symbols of prosperity, and their chirping was a sign of good luck, and a kind of music to the ears. They are also fierce fighters. The episode tells a Chinese Folktale called "The Fighting Cricket" and takes a look at the Chinese Lore and Legend surrounding crickets, the strange sport of cricket fighting, a little cricket science, and what our future relationship with the bugs may look ...errrr... taste like.... 

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The Complex by Kevin MacLeod License FML-26558-1867 

"Cricket Chirping" by CedarFox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA 

Shenyang by Kevin MacLeod 
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Eastern Thought by Kevin MacLeod 
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Ripples by Kevin MacLeod 
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