Cetacean ears
Title | Cetacean ears |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2000 |
Authors | Ketten, D. R. |
Editors | Au, W. W. L., A. N. Popper, and R. R. Fay |
Book Title | Hearing by Whales and Dolphins |
Series Title | SHAR Series for Auditory Reserch |
Chapter | Cetacean Ears |
Pagination | 43-108 |
Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
City | New York |
Call Number | DRK6796 |
Keywords | acoustics, behavior, bioacoustics, cochlea, dolphins, echolocation, feeding behavior, inner ear, mammalian ears, mammals, marine mammals, middle ear, morphology, mysticetes, odontocetes, outer ear, reproductive behavior, social behavior, sound production, sound reception, tympano-periotic complex, vocalization |
Abstract | Whales and dolphins are majestic elusive, charismatic creatures that couple exceptional grace with enormous power. These features may account for much of humanity's enduring fascination with whales, but they are terrible reasons for studying their auditory systems. The principal reason whale ears are worth investigating is ... Ginger Rogers. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire were a famous dance team. Mr. Astaire was renowned for his grace and agility. What people rarely note is that Ms. Rogers not only matched her partner step for step, she did it wearing a cumbersome gown, in high heels, and backwards. Just as Ginger kept pace with Fred but in a different orientation and with added burdens, whales hear as well as land mammals but in a different medium with special acoustic burdens. |