When animals ‘sing’ sitting on the ground — such as when crickets chirp — their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result contradicts long-held beliefs in the field of animal communication, which presume the ground is a hindrance to sound transmission.
When animals ‘sing’ sitting on the ground — such as when crickets chirp — their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result contradicts long-held beliefs in the field of animal communication, which presume the ground is a hindrance to sound transmission. When animals ‘sing’ sitting on the ground — such as when crickets chirp — their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result contradicts long-held beliefs in the field of animal communication, which presume the ground is a hindrance to sound transmission.