The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether crickets hear with
the same organs they use to speak.
We expect that crickets hear sounds with the same organs they use to produce
sounds, generally thought to be the legs.
One cricket.
One pair of tweezers.
One pair of small scissors.
We placed the cricket on the table, and made certain he was able to hear
by clapping our hands and observing that he jumped at the sound.
Next we removed the legs of the cricket using the tweezers and scissors.
Again we clapped our hands to see if he could still hear.
The cricket could hear fine at first, and jumped when we clapped.
After removing his legs, he appeared to become deaf, and would no
longer jump when we clapped.
The hypothesis was confirmed.
Crickets hear with their legs.
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