Why do Crickets chirp all night?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

Atomic Entertainment Group LLC

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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How do Crickets make that noise? Why do Crickets only 'sing' at night? Do Crickets wrestle each other? Have you started your FREE TRIAL of Who Smarted?+ for AD FREE listening, an EXTRA episode every week & bonus content? Sign up right in the Apple app, or directly at WhoSmarted.com and find out why more than 1,000 families are LOVING their subscription! Get official Who Smarted? Merch: tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more, at Who Smarted?

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0:00.0	And now it's time for who's smarted.
0:03.0	P. Hey, Smarty Pants.
0:06.0	Question, have you ever been to a cricket match?
0:09.0	No, no, not that kind of cricket match played with a special flattened paddlebat.
0:14.0	I'm talking about another kind of cricket match played by
0:18.0	actual crickets.
0:20.0	Wait, crickets can play crickets?
0:22.6	No, but they can wrestle.
0:27.0	This is Chet Nickerson reporting live from CC cricket championship wrestling.
0:35.0	Tonight the title belt is on the line
0:38.0	as reigning champ, the Big Hopper takes on up-and-coming superstar Thorax Jones.
0:45.0	Both competitors are in the ring and they've already begun chirping at each other.
0:50.0	This match promises to be a doozy.
0:54.0	Hold on a second.
0:55.5	Crickets, wrestle.
0:57.5	Oh, the Big Hopper goes for a quick pin, but Thorax Jones is able to kick out using his six legs.
1:06.5	Okay, smarty pants, we have got to find out.
1:09.1	Why are these crickets wrestling?
1:11.0	Why do crickets chirp and sing sing and how far can a cricket jump?
1:14.3	Oh! Thorax Jones with a tremendous leap off the top rope! He's got the big hopper in an antennae lock.
1:23.0	It's been a back-in-forth battle for the CCW heavyweight title.
1:28.0	Go Thorax, go!
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