The crickets and grasshoppers are out in force. Whether running over the local oval or walking through a newly grassy gorge on the Burrup Peninsula, you are currently likely to get hit on various parts of your bodies by kamikaze jumping insects. These aren’t tiny bugs either, they are giant, gangly insects which can cause quite a blow if you happen to get in the way of one throwing its body at full force into the air. Which they seem to do a lot. They are actually very timid creatures and walking through undergrowth of any description causes a tidal wave of crickets to leap out in front you as they attempt to escape from the giant humans.
Unfortunately, these crickets are also not the brightest sparks in the animal kingdom and seem perpetually surprised when they jump directly in front of the giants only to find them still bearing down on them. They also in their panicked state manage to jump straight into fences, windows, walls, trees, and other obstacles, rebounding off them with equal speed. This is quite a spectacle but becomes decidedly less entertaining when said mammoth crickets fly straight into your jugular, as happened to me yesterday as I was running. Despite spluttering, choking and straining for air, I soldiered on, determined not to let a pesky cricket ruin my good intentions to exercise but I am afraid I no longer feel sorry for them when they face-plant our windows .
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