After many failed attempts to provoke a reaction by playing recordings of cricket song to them,she realised that they were actually more interested in her own footfalls than in the airborne music of their fellow crickets.

• 为使蟋蟀作出反应，她把它们的叫声录下来播放。但几次试验都失败了。之后她发现，它们对她的脚步声似乎比空中传来的同类的叫声更感兴趣。