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Show-off crickets have a shy side.


Male field crickets that take big risks for love seem to make up for their folly folly

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 by hiding a lot.

Female crickets prefer males that chirp extra-long songs, sometimes for up to 3 hours, explains Ann V. Hedrick of the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. . However, serenading can attract hungry toads and other predators. "The prevailing wisdom has been that more calling means more risk [of getting eaten]," she says.

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. When she tucked them into little containers in her laboratory, the marathon singers tended to take a long time to venture out. However, the short-chirpers popped out to explore more readily.

"I have shy and bold crickets," Hedrick says. Those reckless, crooning dreamboats have a cautious side, after all.
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Title Annotation:crickets and sex
Publication:Science News
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Date:Jul 17, 1999
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