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Sunday, October 17, 2010

What Can Squid Hear?

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Ears are amazing. They help you keep balance, turn a newborn's face towards its mother's voice, and alert us to escape danger. Increasingly, these wondrous organs are the target of new frontiers in environmental protection. Human irritation from jet engines, lawn mowers, and wind turbines, much less SunChips' loud, crinkly bioplastic bags, stands as a reminder of the importance of the aural environment. Research seeking to understand the impacts of noise pollution in the marine environment document threats to whales and fish. But researchers studying squid hearing hope to learn even more. Can studying squid hearing help us understand how all ears work?
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