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Fish can tell the direction of sounds — here’s how

New research finally unravels the mystery of how fish can hear directionally.
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  1. Emily Bates

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It's known that fish have directional hearing, but the exact mechanism has eluded researchers for decades.

Now, a team of researchers have demonstrated that some fish can independently detect two components of a soundwave — pressure and particle motion — and combine this information to identify where a sound comes from.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02518-y

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