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Where did they all go :(

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  • #2
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    i dont rememebr ever hearing those!


  • #3
    donfers
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭donfers


    caseyann wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA&NR=1&feature=fvwp

    I want them back i miss them :(
    When was last time you heard them in Ireland? its bizarre have they disappeared:eek:



    jesus wept...where are those facepalm gifs


    prepare to be bullied


  • #4
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    <Insert witty joke here>


  • #5
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,673 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    I've never, ever heard them in Ireland. Except in a pet shop.


  • #6
    Flojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭Flojo


    I think they're still around. I thought I heard them like two months ago... or maybe I was too drunk at the time. I probably wouldn't be the most reliable source.


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  • #7
    Scarydoll
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭Scarydoll


    The only place I've heard them is on the telly.


  • #8
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    artanevilla wrote: »
    I've never, ever heard them in Ireland. Except in a pet shop.

    +1

    I've heard grasshoppers (heard one yesterday) but I wasn't even aware that there were crickets in Ireland.

    I'd normally associate them with warm nights in Spain or Portugal or The Canaries.


  • #9
    ctrl-alt-delete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭ctrl-alt-delete


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    +1

    but I wasn't even aware that there were crickets in Ireland.

    Oh there is yeah, we've been doing quite well in that regard.....

    http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/73500/73505.jpg


  • #10
    citizen_p
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    never seen one in Ireland.


  • #11
    tallus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    Apparently some people buy them from pet shops and release them outside for the chirping.
    The're not native fauna to these parts tho.


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  • #12
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    I ate them all.


  • #13
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    i remember grass hoppers alright from my childhood, i thnk they used make a noise by rubbing their knees, never heard of crickets in ireland though, only on american tv... :|


  • #14
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    I hear them every night outside my house! reminds me of the aul holidays abroad.


  • #15
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    xsiborg wrote: »
    i remember grass hoppers alright from my childhood, i thnk they used make a noise by rubbing their knees, never heard of crickets in ireland though, only on american tv... :|

    HAHA i call them grass hoppers as they are same thing more or less as crickets.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH1fLWy1-xI

    Used to catch them all time in grass,now never see them anymore or hear them:(


  • #16
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    my cricket turned into a grasshopper on top of your oul one last night


  • #17
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    caseyann wrote: »
    HAHA i call them grass hoppers as they are same thing more or less as crickets.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH1fLWy1-xI

    Used to catch them all time in grass,now never see them anymore or hear them:(

    DAMN! :eek: they were never as loud as that! haha, actually made me shudder that video, the noise freaked me out! :D


  • #18
    trebor28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭trebor28


    i hear them the whole time around where i live, but can never see the feckers, as soon as i get close they stop making noise.


  • #19
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Never heard them.


  • #20
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    xsiborg wrote: »
    DAMN! :eek: they were never as loud as that! haha, actually made me shudder that video, the noise freaked me out! :D

    How about a whole possy of them :eek::D


  • #21
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    trebor28 wrote: »
    i hear them the whole time around where i live, but can never see the feckers, as soon as i get close they stop making noise.

    Lay down in grass and pics :D


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  • #22
    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,102 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    If I ever see them I'll make sure to get some petrol & matches to burn them alive.

    I fcuking hate creepy crawlies.


  • #23
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    easyeason3 wrote: »
    If I ever see them I'll make sure to get some petrol & matches to burn them alive.

    I fcuking hate creepy crawlies.


    No dont you dare :mad: they are nearly extinct in Eire :(
    Lay down close eyes on summers evening close eyes and listen:p


  • #24
    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,102 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    caseyann wrote: »
    No dont you dare :mad: they are nearly extinct in Eire :(
    Lay down close eyes on summers evening close eyes and listen:p


    There won't be any 'nearly extinct' about it if I get my way.

    FFS, why would you lay down outside when you can listen to them on you tube?


  • #25
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    dey tuk ur cirggets !!


  • #26
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    easyeason3 wrote: »
    There won't be any 'nearly extinct' about it if I get my way.

    FFS, why would you lay down outside when you can listen to them on you tube?

    Summer breeze,grass,silence and faint chirping :o


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