Stella Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 My mudfish tank started chirping last night. Hesitantly. Very briefly. Like it is just learning how. It is a raspy chirp, similar but less musical than a cricket. I put a couple of water beetles and a bunch of boatmen and backswimmers in last night. Could it be the water beetles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 it's the boatmen. I feed my King Killies boatmen all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thanks Aaron! A search turned up this short audio of a different species chirping: http://www.microcosmos.nl/div/cx.mp3 Mine sound slower, more hesitant and more 'questioning' with the sound raising up slightly at the end (nz accent? ) Apparently it is the males making the noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 It was the male making the noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Alan, are you drawing attention to my appalling sentence? Yes apparently the male boatmen chirp. This implies that there are boatwomen also! :lol: Apparently they have complex little ears. Some aquatic invertebrates make a noise only to deter predators, these bugs don't need to hear it and therefore don't have ears! You learn something new and useless every day 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I was actually drawing attention to the fact that your boatman or woman got eaten by your fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Nah, the fish are USELESS! They are mudfish, barely noticed the boatmen and women zipping all over the tank :roll: I normally feed them oxheart directly from my fingers. Half the time they give my fingers a good chomp and ignore the piece of food! They are not the brightest sparks. Presumably the boatmen chirp to attract the boatwomen. Personally it just gave me a fright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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