Animals like crickets use the ground to amplify calls

ScienceDaily
Nov 8, 2023, 11:51 am114 pts
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.

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