>>15992064But, well, why not just stay quiet altogether? That one cricket making noise still doesn't have that much of a chance of dying, if it just stays discreet. A predator finding them in the dead of the night like that is still hard. And, even if it's signaling other crickets to get away, doesn't it just bring in more predators to the vicinity and end up with potentially more crickets dead? I mean, I doubt that they can get away very fast. One thing I noticed with the cricket that was in our balcony, when I got mad enough to get out there and look for it, it instantly went quiet, and it hid so well that I couldn't find it anywhere. So, they do have a sense of self-preservation, that's for sure. Although, moments after I went back to my room, it just started making noise again. You know, what if they really are doing it to mess with people? They just find it entertaining to make a lot of noise, and it's their job, cause that's what they've been programmed to do. This does actually make sense. Why do they only start making noise once it's nighttime? Because they know that's the time when people try to get their rest, so it's the most optimal time to annoy them. Plus, once their targets start looking around for them, it's just going to be hard in the cover of the night. So, they literally ARE micspammers, there's nothing more to it, they're just making noise because it's what they like to do and get entertainment out of. Like how a bird chirps when it's happy, no? So, it may just be that, crickets are in a constant state of euphoria when they're making their noise, and that's what keeps them going until the very day they die. They're not outright suicidal, but they also don't care as much as they should for giving out their position and attracting predators to where they are. They might also not be communicating with other crickets in an intelligent way, but rather find it fun when they make noise together.
