>>15992064Which sounds like a simple but alright life, more power to them if they believe that constantly making a lot of noise and being annoying is fun, but, the thing is, it doesn't change that they are, indeed, annoying. Nobody minds them when they're far away, but if they're close-by, that's when they're insufferable. And, what if they know that? They can jump very high, and also climb walls and other vertical surfaces very easily. Why is that? So that instead of being limited to the surface, they can get to spots where they're far more capable of having their noise heard, as loud as possible. That's how one of them must've gotten in our balcony, and stayed there. Their capability of doing that also kind of just defeats the purpose of signaling others of danger, because, as soon as one of them senses a predator nearby, they can easily get away without being noticed. They do have a clear advantage of being small and hard to find, so, pretty much all they have to do is quickly get away and climb the nearest thing. In that regard, making noise and attracting things is actually detrimental. It'd simply be better if every cricket was out for itself, no? Therefore, I don't think that it's a defense mechanism, cause it just doesn't sound like one that works. But, if it's not to simply annoy people and entertain themselves or alongside that reason, it might be a social thing still, where they spew gibberish to each other in their own complex language, even if the thing they're saying aren't really any kind of real thoughts or ideas. We as humans do that as well, so, why wouldn't crickets potentially have it as their main form of entertainment and socialization? They wait for the nighttime until they start making their noise, cause that's when it's way easier for them to get away from any kind of danger.
