# What are these goddamn animals?

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**Created:** [August 1, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-goddamn-animals/947752 "2021-08-01T06:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-goddamn-animals/947752/1 "2021-08-01T06:29:16Z")

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quoting Hunter S. in Fear and Loathing. Every night, after dark. Don’t sound lke crickets to me. Can’t tell if there is an echo or call and response.

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-goddamn-animals/947752/2 "2021-08-01T11:24:16Z")

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Katydids, I think.

> **[Common True Katydid](https://songsofinsects.com/katydids/common-true-katydid)**
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> Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) Song of a woodland full of Common True Katydids (scroll down for explanation and additional recordings!). The only species in the genus Pterophylla, t…

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-goddamn-animals/947752/3 "2021-08-01T12:29:56Z")

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If it is a katydid, it’s probably chirping in its sleep because even katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-goddamn-animals/947752/4 "2021-08-01T19:45:09Z")

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Literary references are hot.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-goddamn-animals/947752/5 "2021-08-01T22:38:46Z")

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… and don’t call me Shirley.