Ultrasonic Frogs Able To Tune Their Ears To Different Frequencies Could Have Implications For Human Hearing

Researchers have discovered that a frog that lives near noisy springs in central China can tune its ears to different sound frequencies, much like the tuner on a radio can shift from one frequency to another. It is the only known example of an animal that can actively select what frequencies it hears, the researchers say.

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Filed under: Biology on July 26th, 2008