I understand there's good research that shows men talk as much as women.
The only difference appears to be that whereas men's talk is labelled a
discussion, women's talk is considered "gossip". So, pull your head in,
Tony!
on 8/2/08 9:46 AM, Tony Russell at wrote:
> Us blokes could do with something like this when the other half is
> prattling on a bit too much.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of John Leonard
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 8:38 AM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] How do loudly calling birds not deafen
> themselves?
>
>
> Bats have a system whereby they don't listen when they're emitting their
> unltrasonic pulses, but in the intervals they listen again for the
> echoes (can't remember whether it's neurological or mechanical (ie
> closing their ears)).
>
> Although it isn't so critical for birds (they're not echo-locating) they
> may have some similar system.
>
> cheers
>
> John Leonard
>
> On 08/02/2008, Tania Ireton <> wrote:
>> A friend rang me last night to ask how loudly calling birds such as
>> Rainbow Lorikeets and Sulphur-crested Cockatoos not deafen themselves
>> with their screeching? She was reading a new book on cicadas which
>> said that cicadas are able to disconnect something in their hearing so
>
>> as to deaden the incoming sound before they started calling themselves
>
>> (I didn't get all the details). She wanted to know how birds manage.
>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tania
>>
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