Dear all,
During some recent recordings in cenotes around the Yucatan peninsula (Mexico)
using an omnidirectional hydrophone I picked up a sound very similar to that of
a cicada...but underwater?? At the time I could hear no cicadas in the vicinity
above the water surface.
One interesting but not very plausible possibility is that of a freshwater
invertebrate producing these sounds- is anyone aware of any that may produce
something similar to this?
Of course I do not exclude the possibility that it could also be a cicada in
contact with the water in a nearby cenote (they are connected by underground
tunnels), but the closest that I am aware of was around 200m away.
Are there any other suggestions/ideas?
Kind regards
Julius Piercy
PhD Marine Biology candidate
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Essex
Colchester,
CO4 3SQ, UK
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