Pest Wars: How Sound Can Save Crops, Planes, and Our Sanity
Pests are like that annoying roommate who refuses to move out.
These little buggers are a constant annoyance, buzzing in our ears, destroying our crops, and causing havoc in the skies.
We’ve thrown everything at them — chemicals, scare tactics, you name it. But they’re getting resilient, crafty, and frankly annoying. It’s a battle we’re losing, and it’s costing us financially and environmentally.
But have we tried using sonic weapons?
By using volume, vibrations, and sonic nets we don’t have to break the bank or harm our planet.
Sound is the one thing these pests can’t outsmart.
An unexpected mosquito repellent
Despite all our tech advances, we’re still dealing with a major global health issue: diseases like Zika, chikungunya, and dengue transmitted by those annoying mosquitoes.
We usually deal with them with insecticides but that’s not working so well anymore.
Mosquitoes are becoming resistant and these chemicals are causing environmental problems.
Sound could be an alternative.
Mosquitoes communicate and mate through sound so what if we could disrupt their game with music?
A group of researchers from Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan put it to the test. Scientists wanted to see if electronic music would mess with the behavior of dengue mosquitoes. They chose Skrillex’s song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” to mess with bloody bastards.
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