Traffic so bothersome you can feel it in your bones? That seems to be the case for these grasshoppers.
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When Traffic Noise Gets Under the Skin…of Grasshoppers
A study in Japan suggests that chronic traffic noise can alter the anatomy of a grasshopper's sound-producing organs, expanding the known effects of noise pollution beyond changes in animal behavior.