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Time Warp: Cicada Sounds
A cicada's timbal clicks as it buckles inward and again as it relaxes. Ten of these vibrations produces a full cycle, and it takes 50 cycles to generate one second of sound.
Added: Feb 3, 2009
Views: 9073 Views
Runtime: 01:52
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