• Question: Does any animal make a nosie that we cannot hear?

    Asked by jodieee to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 15 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Kevin Mahon

      Kevin Mahon answered on 15 Jun 2012:


      Yes, many species of animal emit tones at frequencies we can;t hear anything outside our range of 20-20,000 Hz.

      Bats are a good example of an animal that makes high frequency noises we can’t generally hear – although it’s worht noting the younger you are the better your chances of hearing high frequencies are!

    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 17 Jun 2012:


      The noise range vary from species to species so not only can they hear noises we cannot hear certain species will hear noises other species won’t hear!

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