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Manbaskariaku, You're a Friend of the Doctor Who
In 1978, Manbaskariaku moved over to the US to work with a guy called Jeff Hall. He wanted to get into courtship songs of Drosophila. Because males sing to the females, they break their wings and that turns the female on. Can you give us a hug? Yeah, that's what it sounds like. Hmmm, brrrrrr. That's two components, a hum, and a train of pulses. Now I studied the song in Sheffield for my PhD. So I knew how to do it. Spent three wonderful years there. Started his project, built an amplifier, bought some microphones. But he said, look, you come and