# Cicada noise and human tolerance of it

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**Created:** [August 14, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-noise-and-human-tolerance-of-it/762788 "2016-08-14T13:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-noise-and-human-tolerance-of-it/762788/21 "2016-08-18T11:48:49Z")

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Cicadas taste great toasted on the grill too, or so I’ve been told.

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**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-noise-and-human-tolerance-of-it/762788/22 "2016-08-18T13:01:28Z")

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> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> When I first move to Fl I thought I thought the buzzing sound was the electric lines :smack: I used to feel fairly stupid about that but I have since met other people who thought the same thing. The sound isn’t unpleasant to me but I do try not to think of the trees all around me full of the ugly ass creatures. The first time I saw one - it was clinging to my fence for some reason- I had no idea what it was but it was absolutely revolting.

As a kid I thought it was the electric lines humming in the heat too! I was well into mature adulthood before someone set me straight on that.

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