Goes back further than that, folks. We got insect larvae, and now,
even virus signatures. They should hear the signature of earthworms
doing their ritual soil-slither. Remember: the BBC is an authority.
Bernie
>From: ANDREW CARTER <>
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>> Hi all -
>> If you are interested the BBC have just started an 8
>> part series on sounds - past present and future to
>> quote the blurb. Todays started with water and ended
>> with the probable first animal to use sound for
>> communication - Walt will be pleased they suggest a
>> frog!
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>That's because they are land vertebrate centric. Frogs were way late in
>the game. So, they are way wrong.
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>On land insects were probably the first to use sound in a organized way
>for communication. In water their equivalents the same.
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>In vertebrates, fish use sound. Their lateral line system and other
>sensor systems are vibration/sound pickups. Some appear to use sound
>communication, they certainly deliberately produce sound.
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>Walt
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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