As previously reported, some of the U.S. diplomats who suffered injuries in Cuba complained that they had heard strange sounds when they were being injured.[1]
Now two scientists–Alexander Stubbs of the University of California, Berkeley and Fernando Montealegre-Z of the University of Lincoln in England—claim that male Indies Short-Tailed Crickets emitted these sounds during courtship.[2]
Such sounds, however, the scientists say, did not cause any of the injuries sustained by the diplomats.
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[1] See posts in the “U.S. Diplomats Medical Problems in Cuba, 2016-??” section of List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: CUBA.
[2] Zimmer, The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say, N.Y. Times (Jan. 4, 2019).
Is that possible? Was it proved scientifically??