[HN Gopher] The poetic science of how cicadas sing
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       The poetic science of how cicadas sing
        
       Author : tintinnabula
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2024-05-06 19:19 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | mrbluecoat wrote:
       | Props to those who hear cicadas and think "what a beautiful song
       | of poetry". I'm in camp #2:
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       | > such a constant yelling noise as made the woods ring of them,
       | and ready to deafen the hearers
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       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFJDfzX-chM
        
         | Swizec wrote:
         | To me cicadas sound like carefree mediterranean summer nights
         | at the seaside.
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keyFWfDexr0
        
           | contingencies wrote:
           | Totally. "Carefree" in the sense that you've developed
           | tinnitus, are still high on amphetamines 5 hours after the
           | club closed, but somehow don't mind passing out on the beach
           | because the whole idea of backtracking to where you actually
           | stayed last night seems overwhelmingly difficult...
        
           | TacticalCoder wrote:
           | They can sing mostly all day long, not just in the evening. I
           | love them. I lived in a rural area on the mediterannean sea
           | side: I'd drive my daughter to school through the vineyards.
           | Amazing memories.
           | 
           | I miss them and as soon as I go back and hear them I'm
           | thinking: _" I missed you"_.
           | 
           | To me cicadas represent that place and it's a very special
           | place to me.
        
             | heresie-dabord wrote:
             | > it's a very special place to me.
             | 
             | It's a special place to me too now just from the
             | description!
        
         | kragen wrote:
         | it may depend on which species you are listening to
         | 
         | some cicadas are much less euphonious than others
        
         | codelikeawolf wrote:
         | We're moving from Portland back to Illinois (where my wife and
         | I spent most of our lives), and the schedule happens to work
         | out that we'll be rolling into town smack dab in the middle of
         | cicadageddon. Part of me wonders if I try to look at cicadas
         | through the lens of science or learn to appreciate their "song
         | of poetry", it will be a little more bearable. But deep down I
         | know that any curiosity or interest I try to nurture is going
         | to go right down the toilet as soon as one of those big dumb
         | bastards flies right into my face.
         | 
         | Edit: grammar
        
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