What Did Earth Sound Like Before The DInosaurs?
When you think of prehistoric arthropods (insects, bugs, arachnids and all that good stuff) making sound, you might have no clue how they sounded.
But today you're in lucky as we go through a select number of some of the largest extinct arthropods to have ever lived and what sounds they produced! Many of which predate even the dinosaurs.
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Also for those that are interested, Arthropods is the Phylum. Hence bugs, arachnids, insects etc = Arthropod. However, Arthropod ≠ everything in the Phylum to be a bug.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:48 Mesozoic Bush Cricket
2:09 Arthropleura
4:25 Sea Scorpion
6:58 Meganeura
8:54 Conclusion
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