• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    20 hours 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.

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      8 hours ago

      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.

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      19 hours 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.

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      15 hours 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.

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        14 hours ago

        That person is a liar!! I listen to ants all the time and the only sound they make is smooth jazz.

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        13 hours 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.