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Bark Beetles Hate Rush Limbaugh and Heavy Metal

Posted by samzenpus on from the tiniest-minds dept.

Aryabhata writes "According to scientists, climate change and human activity have allowed bark beetle populations to soar. They decided to fight the beetles by using the 'nastiest, most offensive sounds' that they could think of. These sounds included recordings of Guns & Roses, Queen, Rush Limbaugh and manipulated versions of the insects' own sounds. The research project titled 'Beetle Mania' has concluded that acoustic stress can disrupt their feeding and even cause the beetles to kill each other."

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  1. Obama wants warrantless wiretapping of cellphones by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2 years ago KDawson would've had 4 articles on the front page about this... Now? More AGW-esque science about how they've "proven" that even bugs are irritated by Rush Limbaugh...

    And the Obama article? >cricketcricket

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10451518-38.html