A song 165 million years in the making
February 7, 2012 3:05 PM Subscribe
Chill to the re-created chirrups of Jurassic crickets.
This is what happens when environmentalists release scientists into the wild; they get to see Jurassic Park and next you know the survival of your species relies on Newman and some teen girl knowing Unix. And they are brilliant.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:11 PM on February 7, 2012
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:11 PM on February 7, 2012
Not much going on back then, it seems.
posted by longsleeves at 3:26 PM on February 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by longsleeves at 3:26 PM on February 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
wait it's spelled "chirrups"? fuck me
posted by nathancaswell at 3:39 PM on February 7, 2012
posted by nathancaswell at 3:39 PM on February 7, 2012
Well, that's it then. The call has gone out to the mothership.
posted by likeso at 3:41 PM on February 7, 2012
posted by likeso at 3:41 PM on February 7, 2012
Hey, folks at Slate science, it would've been nice to actually hear the recreated cricket sound for longer than 3 seconds. And without the stupid background music and irritating narration rolling over it. Yeesh.
Thankfully, the BBC thought about those of us who actually wanted to hear it. Their article is better, too.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:43 PM on February 7, 2012 [15 favorites]
Thankfully, the BBC thought about those of us who actually wanted to hear it. Their article is better, too.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:43 PM on February 7, 2012 [15 favorites]
Wow it sounds exactly like a yank talking about things through the upper part of his mouth.
posted by tumid dahlia at 3:46 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by tumid dahlia at 3:46 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Why the hell doesn't he shut up. I want to hear the sound.
posted by Splunge at 3:47 PM on February 7, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 3:47 PM on February 7, 2012 [4 favorites]
Given that the Jurassic atmospheric apparently contained more oxygen and more carbon dioxide with higher pressure than the present atmosphere, would that alter how it sounded?
posted by panaceanot at 3:53 PM on February 7, 2012
posted by panaceanot at 3:53 PM on February 7, 2012
Given that the Jurassic atmospheric apparently contained more oxygen and more carbon dioxide with higher pressure than the present atmosphere, would that alter how it sounded?
What I really want to know is: if a velociraptor eats your children in the jungle and there's no one around to hear them scream, do the crickets still chirp?
posted by Fizz at 3:56 PM on February 7, 2012
What I really want to know is: if a velociraptor eats your children in the jungle and there's no one around to hear them scream, do the crickets still chirp?
posted by Fizz at 3:56 PM on February 7, 2012
And there's my new ringtone.
posted by scruss at 4:28 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by scruss at 4:28 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Definitely click straight through and watch the videos on the BBC or Guardian articles. That guy just reading the article and not playing the sound made me yell at my monitor for the first time in a while, heh.
posted by Sweetmag at 4:41 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sweetmag at 4:41 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
And there's my new ringtone.
Yeah I really like it too, but by what magicks does one take a sound from the internet and insert it into their phone?
posted by tumid dahlia at 7:50 PM on February 7, 2012
Yeah I really like it too, but by what magicks does one take a sound from the internet and insert it into their phone?
posted by tumid dahlia at 7:50 PM on February 7, 2012
Grab sound from your browser with Audio Hijack Pro, edit in Audacity, save as AAC (m4a), rename to m4r, drop it on iTunes, sync - and done.
posted by scruss at 4:09 AM on February 8, 2012
posted by scruss at 4:09 AM on February 8, 2012
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If I were going to imagine the stridulations of an ancient cricket, it would have been . . . I don't know, creepier somehow. That sounds more like somebody's cheap digital watch alarm. Still, that is exactly what I love about the past -- the unpredictability of its discoveries.
posted by Countess Elena at 3:11 PM on February 7, 2012