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avatar Mosquitoes Create Harmonic Love Song Before Mating
January 09, 2009 04:15PM
ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) — That pesky buzz of a nearby mosquito is the sound of love, scientists have known for some time. But a new Cornell study reports that males and females flap their wings and change their tune to create a harmonic duet just before mating.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108171644.htm

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avatar Re: Mosquitoes Create Harmonic Love Song Before Mating
January 10, 2009 07:45PM
I heard this on NPR and thought "you have GOT to be KIDDING!!" It was really interesting because they had the actual recording of the "tune"

(I think that the audio program was on Science Friday on the NPR website, also)

DB
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avatar Re: Mosquitoes Create Harmonic Love Song Before Mating
January 10, 2009 08:02PM
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99133147

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avatar Re: Mosquitoes Create Harmonic Love Song Before Mating
January 11, 2009 11:22AM
I associate mosquitos more with this slapping sound that happens every June
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