Mosquito sound that adults cant hear
I was at school the other day and I heard this annoying ringing sound. so I was looking around wondering what the hell it was when the teacher(who's probably 40 or 50)was like "what are you doing?" I said that I hear a ringing sound. then he said that I was crazy and there wasn't anything ringing. then the other classmates started listing and they all heard it also. I talked to that kid after class and was like where did you get that sound, and he replied its a ringtone. so when I got home I looked into it more and found out that people who are older supposevely cannot hear it so I played it for my mom and I was expecting her to hear nothing and then she was like "turn that annoying sound off right now". I was like wow........how did you hear it. everybody says she has super human hearing. here is the link to test it out. http://odeo.com/audio/1329298/view

















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We had two on the left and one on the right
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The back end looked kinda funny too
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Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
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I got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
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Huh, this is the Cotton Mouth
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This phenomenon has now been exploited commercially (in the UK at least) in a product called (coincidentally) Mosquito.
It is a loud-speaker system, installed in areas where unwelcome teens gather in packs and cause trouble. The loudspeakers broadcast the mosquito sound, causing enough irritation in teens that they move on and their pack breaks up. Older people cannot hear the noise, so carry on regardless.
There has been at least one case where the device has prompted claims that it contravenes humans rights (??)
Video news article
Opinion piece
"Calls to ban..."