Limbaugh's voice deters Bark Beetles (seriously)

[maxrandb]

http://news.discovery.com/animals/beetles-acoustic-stress-heavy-metal-music.html

Beetles don't like heavy metal or Rush Limbaugh, suggests new research. Beetles are destroying ponderosa, pinyon, lodgepole pines and other trees important to the ecosystem. The beetles have their place in the ecosystem too, of course, but climate change and human activities have allowed beetles to take over more than they should.

To combat such infestations, scientists thought up the "nastiest, most offensive sounds" they could. Those included recordings of Guns & Roses, Queen, Rush Limbaugh and manipulated versions of the insects' own sounds.

McGuire started to pump the sounds of Limbaugh into portions of infested tree trunks brought into their lab, but Hofstetter said McGuire "could not bear listening to Limbaugh, so he ended up playing Rush backwards, which still kept the voice and intonation the same, but the words were meaningless."

He and his colleagues found that while Limbaugh and the heavy metal initially bothered the beetles, the insects mostly ignored the sounds after a while.

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So there you have it. Bark Beetles are obviously more intelligent and deflect Limbaugh's crap much faster than "wingnuts" or Republican politicians.

[Love Bug]

1. Geeze, who knew Limbaugh could actually do a service for mankind!

eom

[maxrandb]

2. We say in the Navy

that no one is completely worthless, because they can at least serve as a bad example.

[formercia]

10. Gear Adrift.

:rofl:

[peekaloo]

3. Tree buggers!!!!

I'd bet Dung Beetles love him.

[Karia]

4. I can't stand his voice either

There are some people who listen to him at work. If I need to go to their offices to talk to them about anything at all, I arrange my schedule so as not to go during his show.

[reflection]

5. Queen is nasty and offensive? BLASPHEMY!

Well, sometimes nasty. But never offensive.

[maxrandb]

6. Agree

Freddie Mercury was "effing" awesome. It was tragic that the world lost such talent as his.

[Soylent Brice]

7. interesting... animals CAN sense evil. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

8. Whoa, signs of intelligence from insects

We're going to have to rethink our whole relationship with our exoskeletoned friends.

[UTUSN]

9. K&R #8 n/t

[Fly by night]

11. ... but Rush's voice causes anal warts to sprout between his listeners' ears.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. I have to take issue with this -

"...he ended up playing Rush backwards, which still kept the voice and intonation the same, but the words were meaningless."

That implies they were not meaningless previously.

The word he wanted was intelligible.

[maxrandb]

13. But I thought

If you play Rush backwards, you hear him say; "Reagan is dead".

[nightgaunt]

14. Do they work on all the beetles?

Those from Taiwan are doing well in the heat and dryness destroying whole forests of the pines in California. Climate change is working in their favor right now. Maybe they should take the science approach and see what sonic ranges most affect them And see what else would be affected. Beetles are the most prevalent of the insects on this planet.

[maxrandb]

16. I think the research showed that Dung Beetles

were actually attracted to the sound of his voice!

[Zomby Woof]

15. LOL

I have the same tastes as those damn beetles. I also find that Rush Limbaugh, Queen, and Guns 'N Roses make the 'nastiest, most offensive sounds'. :D