http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/07/audio-ancient-katydid-sings-from-beyond-the-grave/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Thu, 24 May 2012 06:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/07/audio-ancient-katydid-sings-from-beyond-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-3462059 ExPat Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:27:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=34798#comment-3462059 Nice point. Seems rather fundamental. Nice point. Seems rather fundamental.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/07/audio-ancient-katydid-sings-from-beyond-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-3461511 rob Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:46:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=34798#comment-3461511 Many years ago, the crest of the Parasaurolophus was reconstructed (I think it was from Sandia Labs, but it's been a long time and I'm not sure) and the same type of claim was made. An interesting bellow was presented that was touted as being the voice of the creature. Curious, I wrote to the Lab and asked if they had duplicated their method with any existing / living animals. I wanted to know if their results with existing fauna bone structures was an accurate reproduction of what we knew through obseration to be accurate. Much to my surprise, they had not done any such experiment with existing animal life. How could they make the claim that this sound they had reproduced was a reasonable representation? So whether it was a reasonable facsimile or not, we'll never know. How about these wings? Have we used the same techniques used with the fossil and reproduced them with imprints from a current Katydid? Many years ago, the crest of the Parasaurolophus was reconstructed (I think it was from Sandia Labs, but it’s been a long time and I’m not sure) and the same type of claim was made. An interesting bellow was presented that was touted as being the voice of the creature. Curious, I wrote to the Lab and asked if they had duplicated their method with any existing / living animals. I wanted to know if their results with existing fauna bone structures was an accurate reproduction of what we knew through obseration to be accurate. Much to my surprise, they had not done any such experiment with existing animal life. How could they make the claim that this sound they had reproduced was a reasonable representation? So whether it was a reasonable facsimile or not, we’ll never know. How about these wings? Have we used the same techniques used with the fossil and reproduced them with imprints from a current Katydid?

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