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Why don’t female crickets chirp?

  • Written by Floyd W. Shockley, Entomologist and Collections Manager, Smithsonian Institution
Why don’t female crickets chirp?I feel a song coming on ...Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty imagesWhy don’t female crickets chirp?

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Why don’t female crickets chirp? – Avery, age 8, Los Angeles

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