Duet With A 165 Million Year Old Cricket (Song A Day #1135)

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The call of the jurassic era katydid
was simple and pure and traveled far at night
Scientists found a fossil in China
and it was well preserved
and it's wings allowed them to
know what it sounded like for the first time

it's the most ancient musical song
documented to date
165 million years ago
on a lonely forest floor

looking for a lover
we can all relate to that
so now let's listen to it
and pretend we're dinosaurs

oh you ancient cricket
where ever you are
i'm reaching out to from the future
i know your lonely heart

though we're different species
and are separated by time
you rub your legs together
i'll strum on my guitar

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[Fernando Montealegre-Z]

Dear Jonathan, my name is Fernando Montealegre-Z, one of the authors of this article and the person who actually reconstructed the song of this fossil katydid. On behalf of all my coauthors in this article, I just wanted to thank you for this lovely song. We are all glad to see and hear that our discovery has inspired your musical talent and creativity.

[DoctorMeh]

Rawr

[crickettoful]

As a Crickett and a dinosaur lover I love love love this!

[Dominic Clarke]

Brilliant. 

[MochizMuM]

youre like a mixture of Bright Eyes and Issac Brock, its kinda magical!

[SherriSLC]

Catchy, science newsy, valentiney goodness! Love it!

[1249mexico]

awsome

[beeblmeyer]

The Main Mann strikes again.

(With his musical/singing talent, and his entrancing ojos.)

[TheLongHolidays]

Great song! ...and you tricked us all into learning something.

-Jim of the Long Holidays.