Hummmmm.... Got sidetracked ..

..in the middle of the night.. and BBC news is still the best for that sort of situation, providing the short notions that turn simple information into citable weirdities (someone should finally invent this word!) of life:

A deep hum lures females to a male's nest

Who wouldn't agree? I definitely won't argue with this, that's for sure. It's all about the hum, guys, even in cold-blooded creatures, and, if I may add, even more so in the warm-to-hot-blooded ones. Already Frank Zappa (would it be legal to link to the Dynamo Hum lyrics? Likely not..) knew that, and one should really trust him about that kind of thing.



Unfortunately, there is no comment on what happens after the luring - more humming? How far do the similarities go? Is there the fish-pendant of the cat-purr after extensive massage treatment? The late night breakfast accompanied by more guttural singing, leaning towards Tom Waits- and John Lee Hooker-impersonations?

I'm left wondering whether I should hang out in the Cumberland someday and watch and listen to the catfish - they seem to be the sort of fish making humming noise, right? But that might be an invasion into a bit too personal space even for fish..

If you still need the news behind the hum , don't get sidetracked too far, you might miss the perfect female swimming by, ready to be lured in for a vocal revelation..