#nature #cricket
holy shit that's neat
Discussion
It is, and now we need to know exactly why so here is AI slop answer.... Sounds good to me:
Cricket chirp counts accurately determine temperature because crickets are ectothermic (cold-blooded) animals, meaning their body temperature and metabolic rate are influenced by the external environment. As temperature rises, the metabolic and muscle contraction rates in crickets increase, causing them to chirp faster. This relationship between chirp rate and temperature is so consistent it is formalized as Dolbear's Law, which provides a formula connecting the number of cricket chirps to the ambient temperature. Specifically, chirping is produced by rubbing wings together (stridulation), and warmer temperatures allow the muscles involved to contract more quickly, leading to more frequent chirps.
