- Cats have better hearing than dogs. Cats can hear up to 60,000 Hertz whereas dogs hear up to 40,000 Hertz. Humans only hear up to 20,000 Hertz.
- Frogs have eardrums on the outside of the body behind their eyes.
- Cicadas have their hearing organs in their stomachs.
- Crickets hear using their legs; sound waves vibrate a thin membrane on the cricket’s front legs.
- Pigeons can hear sounds at exceptionally low frequencies and this helps give them their exceptional sense of direction.
- Fish do not have ears but they can hear from pressure changes through ridges on their bodies.
- Snakes do not have ears, but their tongues are sensitive to sound vibrations.
- In World War One (WWI) Parrots were kept on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France because of their remarkable sense of hearing. When the Parrots heard the enemy aircraft coming they would warn everyone of the approaching danger long before any human ear would hear it.
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