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What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I've only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they're just kinda there.

Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I'd be taking for granted?

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[–] 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I moved to the midwest USA 15 years ago and I still can't get over the trees screaming at me. It's deafening but no one seems to care.

The trees are silent where I come from

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Em, what?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    I live in Cincinnati and I care. I find the cicadas incredibly annoying. Not only the noise, they also leave their shells all over the place and walking down the sidewalk creeps me out. crunch crunch crunch

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    We have cicadas in Provence, but only when I moved to southern Japan did I understand the meaning of the adjective deafening. They must be a different species. I had to actually scream to my partner to be heard.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    must be a different species

    They are! Japanese cicadas are more shrill than the ones found in other parts of the world, and even the different subspecies within Japan have different frequencies they shrill at. I swear the cicadas in Okinawa were more ear piercing than the ones around Tokyo when we visited, but my family didn't believe me :')

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