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Mysterious hum keeping people up all night could be mating fish
A mysterious hum has been keeping people in Hampshire awake all night, and scientists have said there could be something fishy about it.
The noise pulsates through homes, forcing some residents of Hythe near Southampton to evacuate the area just to get a good nights sleep.
Scientists now think that the noise is being caused by fish, competing to out-hum one another as part of an unusual mating ritual.
Male Midshipman fish let out a deep, resonating drone which attracts females and acts as a challenge to other males. They are nocturnal creatures, but once they get going can keep up the distracting hum all night.
http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...p-all-night-could-be-mating-fish-8900747.html
A mysterious hum has been keeping people in Hampshire awake all night, and scientists have said there could be something fishy about it.
The noise pulsates through homes, forcing some residents of Hythe near Southampton to evacuate the area just to get a good nights sleep.
Scientists now think that the noise is being caused by fish, competing to out-hum one another as part of an unusual mating ritual.
Male Midshipman fish let out a deep, resonating drone which attracts females and acts as a challenge to other males. They are nocturnal creatures, but once they get going can keep up the distracting hum all night.
http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...p-all-night-could-be-mating-fish-8900747.html
