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A male cicada's abdomen is almost hollow. Instead of organs, it holds a resonating chamber and a tymbal — a stiff membrane buckled by muscle to make sound. The hollow belly amplifies it. The loud African cicada *Brevisana brevis* can reach 106 decibels.
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