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Article: Things that go chirp in the night.(THE HOME FORUM)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 23, 2003
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Byline: Sharon J. Huntington
They might seem scary if you don't know what they are, but most of those strange howls and hoots in the dark are just animals and insects talking to one another. Some really pick up the chatter in the fall, during mating season. Others have been talking all summer, but we've been too busy to stop and listen. When you listen closely, you can learn to identify which species is doing the talking.
Identifying the sound of a particular species is quite important to crickets. During the autumn, males chirp their love songs to attract females, and each species has its own special call. Only the males chirp. They do it by rubbing ...