I usually can’t but when hiking in fall we came to a big anthill and you could hear the leaves rustling below their little legs.
I was so exited as I had never heard that before.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I think I can hear ants. People probably think I’m crazy. Like if you bend down and get your face really close to their trail. It’s like a buzzing sound. Like static on an old TV. Creepy as fuck.
Loui@feddit.org 4 days ago
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 5 days ago
Ants definitely produce sound when they walk. And why wouldn’t they?
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You’re the first person I’ve ever heard say you can hear buzzing sound of ants. I don’t doubt you, because why would you lie about something like that, but I would like to hear more people agree they can hear this and I want to read a scientific study.
BoosBeau@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That person is a liar!! I listen to ants all the time and the only sound they make is smooth jazz.
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
He said ants, not aunts.
BoosBeau@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Oh my bad, I’m hard of hearing. Been listening to too many aunts.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
All the ones on my block sound like Aphex Twin.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I’m also terrified of having insects inside of the house. So it’s possible this is some kind of psychological reaction (?) rather than actually hearing them? But to me it “sounds” as I describe in the above post. Maybe someone can find something more scientific, like a study, I too would be curious.
9blb@feddit.org 5 days ago
Could it just be the reflections of ambient noise you also get when you hold your ear close to any surface? The old “If you hold a seashell to your ear, you can hear the ocean” kind of thing.