Comments on: The song of a Jurassic cricket http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jon Massey http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1342086 Jon Massey Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1342086 Translation: "Drink up thy zider!" Translation: “Drink up thy zider!”

]]> By: Will Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341785 Will Robinson Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341785 I of the general public thought it was "interesting"  but it would still be annoying behind the fridge. I of the general public thought it was “interesting”  but it would still be annoying behind the fridge.

]]> By: vonskippy http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341753 vonskippy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341753 Pure speculation (and therefore crap) - must be funding review time there, so they publish something stupid even the general public could find "interesting". Pure speculation (and therefore crap) – must be funding review time there, so they publish something stupid even the general public could find “interesting”.

]]> By: Cocomaan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341703 Cocomaan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341703 Over the sound of their resonator guitars, yeah. Over the sound of their resonator guitars, yeah.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341700 SomeGuyNamedMark Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341700  So this is what the dinosaurs heard on those lazy summer days when they sat in their nests drinking lemonade?  So this is what the dinosaurs heard on those lazy summer days when they sat in their nests drinking lemonade?

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341607 awjt Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341607 I was wondering about comparing wear patterns on modern cricket stridulators with the fossilized ones, to get a clue if the chirp patterns are similar.  Maybe the old ones had different ways of chirping than the modern crickets. I was wondering about comparing wear patterns on modern cricket stridulators with the fossilized ones, to get a clue if the chirp patterns are similar.  Maybe the old ones had different ways of chirping than the modern crickets.

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341570 nosehat Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341570 <blockquote>Dr Zapata then set out to calculate the frequency of the tone, which denotes how high- or low-pitched it sounded. To to this, he simply compared the size and shape of its music-making or "stridulatory" instruments to those of living cricket species</blockquote>That's probably the best way of guessing, but surely the frequency only depends on how quickly they scrape their wings.  I guess if the muscle structure was exactly the same, and the nerve impulses exactly the same, this would work.  But wouldn't this also be effected by ambient temperature?

Dr Zapata then set out to calculate the frequency of the tone, which denotes how high- or low-pitched it sounded. To to this, he simply compared the size and shape of its music-making or “stridulatory” instruments to those of living cricket species

That’s probably the best way of guessing, but surely the frequency only depends on how quickly they scrape their wings.  I guess if the muscle structure was exactly the same, and the nerve impulses exactly the same, this would work.  But wouldn’t this also be effected by ambient temperature?

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/the-song-of-a-jurassic-cricket.html#comment-1341561 Lobster Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143050#comment-1341561 Chirp chirp-CHIIIIRP chirp chirp, Chirp chirp-CHIIIIRP chirp chirp, CHIRP chirp CHIRRRUUPP, chirp chirp chiiiiiiiirp! Chirp chirp-CHIIIIRP chirp chirp, Chirp chirp-CHIIIIRP chirp chirp, CHIRP chirp CHIRRRUUPP, chirp chirp chiiiiiiiirp!

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