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minus-squareFuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 个月前Wait…whaaat? THEY WHAT?!? As if they weren’t already scary enough!
minus-squareNimalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 个月前it’s ok! its really just them saying “Please don’t touch me =(” but it really is a bit jarring the first time you hear it.
minus-squareaveryminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 个月前Something so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!
minus-squareNimalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前its actually stridulation! they rub their legs together to make a hissing noise (if I recall correctly). like a cricket kinda. but its a long hiss rather than a chirp.
minus-squareaveryminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 个月前That’s even crazier! Insect violins, these creatures are.
Wait…whaaat?
THEY WHAT?!?
As if they weren’t already scary enough!
it’s ok! its really just them saying “Please don’t touch me =(”
but it really is a bit jarring the first time you hear it.
Something so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!
its actually stridulation! they rub their legs together to make a hissing noise (if I recall correctly). like a cricket kinda. but its a long hiss rather than a chirp.
That’s even crazier! Insect violins, these creatures are.