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Related: About this forumFish Have 'Talked' For 155 Million Years, And Now You Can Hear Their 'Voices'
Catfish in a pond. (Sutthiwat Srikhrueadam/Moment/Getty Images)
TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS5 FEBRUARY 2022
All manner of croaks, chirps, and deep trombone moans permeate Earth's waters, just like the cacophony of sounds that fill its forest air. For example, reefs are surprisingly noisy places, and many of the noisemakers are fish.
"We've known for a long time that some fish make sounds, but fish sounds were always perceived as rare oddities,'' said Cornell University ecologist Aaron Rice.
It was likely assumed fish relied primarily on other means of communication, from color signals and body language to electricity. But recent discoveries have demonstrated fish even have dawn and dusk choruses, just like birds.
"They've probably been overlooked because fishes are not easily heard or seen, and the science of underwater acoustic communication has primarily focused on whales and dolphins," said Cornell evolutionary neuroscientist Andrew Bass.
"But fishes have voices too."
And some sound like the most magnificent foghorn:
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Fish Have 'Talked' For 155 Million Years, And Now You Can Hear Their 'Voices' (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Feb 2022
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I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)1. That is so beautiful.
Who knew the fishes could sing.
Layzeebeaver
(1,636 posts)2. Ah yes...
The incredible mr. limpet. 😊
dweller
(23,661 posts)3. The whole Earth sings
Humans have just lost the tune
😕
✌🏻
littlemissmartypants
(22,802 posts)4. Lovely! Thank you. ❤
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)7. I had no idea until seeing/hearing that article! Thank you, LMSP. ❤️️
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)5. Our ancestors! Well, ancestral cousins.
Fish have the same gene that's defective for me and some of my siblings.
The defect can cause early blindness in humans, with some mineralization of elastic tissues located near the endochondral bones.
Fish don't survive it, though. Their bones are a mangled mess before they can even hatch. It's not considered a bone disease in people at all, so humans apparently have other genes to help compensate for the genetic defect?
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)6. Kickety Kickin'