Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Noisy Neighbor

Through the night  and afternoon I had been awaken by my noisy neighbor. He recently moved  to the bush by my window I know this because before his arrival I had long peaceful siesta in the afternoon but now it's more like having pressed  the snooze button every ten minutes. Now my grouchy self  had declared a whole day to capture Mr. Jiminy Cricket and release him to a further distant..lets say my sister's yard.  And after three long hours of hide and seek and a few cuts and tumbles, I finally caught the unlucky cricket.  However, the captive did lead me to discover the secret behind the alarming noise. It's a combination of flapping wings together and wind gusting though to create the happy and a bit annoying chirps. But why chirp I asked? And of course it because of a women. In this case an uncharmed female cricket not persuaded by  the sounds of music. For more information on crickets go to:  http://cricket-breeding.com/how-and-why-do-crickets-chirp/ or http://insects.answers.com/crickets/chirping-crickets-why-and-how-crickets-make-their-distinctive-sound.
http://factnfact.com/a-man-records-crickets-chirping-he-slows-down-the-track-and-finds-it-to-be-similar-to-humans-singing/

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