As trillions of cicadas roar out of their nests across the country, residents of one South Carolina county have had enough. They call the local police to find out why the idyllic peace and quiet is being disturbed by disturbing sirens and loud roars.
AP report The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office sent out a message on Facebook Tuesday reminding people that the incessant chirps are simply a solitary male cicada that has been dormant for more than a decade, calling to attract a mate. I informed you.
Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said some people called deputies to ask what the noise was.
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The loudest cicadas were moving through the county of about 38,000 people, located about 40 miles northwest of Columbia, and were heard from different locations as Tuesday progressed, the Associated Press reported. Foster said.
As Breitbart News reported, this spring has seen an unusual doubling of cicada numbers, leading to what John Cooley, a cicada expert at the University of Connecticut, calls a “cicada invasion” in parts of the United States. stay up.
The last time the two were born together was in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson wrote about cicadas in his book. garden book But he mistakenly called them locusts, the president said.
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“Periodic cicadas do not exhibit delicate behavior,” Cooley said, and scientific evidence supports that claim.
Their collective songs are as loud as jet engines, and scientists who study them often wear earmuffs to protect their hearing.
