microrobert
05-08-2013, 08:55 PM
Moth with Ultrasonic Hearing Discovered
The ubiquitous greater wax moth is ordinary in every way but one: It has the ability to hear the highest-known sound frequency.
The greater wax moth's hearing goes up to about 300 kilohertz, nearly 100 kHz higher than the hearing of some bats.
"This is the animal with the highest frequency sensitivity yet recorded, there's no other animal that can hear such a high frequency," said study co-author James Windmill, a bioacoustician at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland.
http://www.livescience.com/29416-moth-with-ultrasonic-hearing-discovered.html
The ubiquitous greater wax moth is ordinary in every way but one: It has the ability to hear the highest-known sound frequency.
The greater wax moth's hearing goes up to about 300 kilohertz, nearly 100 kHz higher than the hearing of some bats.
"This is the animal with the highest frequency sensitivity yet recorded, there's no other animal that can hear such a high frequency," said study co-author James Windmill, a bioacoustician at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland.
http://www.livescience.com/29416-moth-with-ultrasonic-hearing-discovered.html