Today we’re talking about the SWEET TUNES of the lesser water boatman, a tiny aquatic insect. These little buggers are about 2mm long and look like this:
LOOK AT THAT FACE. THOSE PRECIOUS MOMENTS EYES. THOSE LITTLE SWIMMING LEGS.
The dudes (and I’m using dude in the gendered way here, not in the “later dudes” way that I might use when talking to you dudes) can “sing” at volumes as high as 100db, which is as loud as a motorcycle or lawn mower. All that volume coming from such a tiny bro! This is for sure the loudest sound to body size ratio in animals. Pretty fly for a fly guy, amirite?
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Remember how sing was in quotes above? I don’t know why every article calls it singing. What this macho man is doing is literally RUBBING HIS WEEWEE across his basically WASHBOARD ABS to make this noise. What would that even be called? Weewee abs tunes? Xylopeen? Musical genitals?
This picture makes me uncomfortable. Imagine it’s a tiny adorable insect instead.
Now think about a human male doing the water boatman thing. It is hilarious and also horrifying. There is no science in that statement, I just wanted you to think about it.
WANT MORE? Here is a sound recording of it:
OH WAIT, this one is better!
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