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Amazing animal hearing

How’s your hearing?

20 Hz – 20,000 Hz Man
Despite being the ‘boss’ of the
house, humans typically have
a hearing range under half of
19,980 Hz range that of most household pets.

60 Hz – 45,000 Hz Dog
This shows exactly why your dog can
hear the postman approaching from
44,940 Hz range down the road, and why it is so good
at alerting you to any intruders.

50 Hz – 80,000 Hz Cat
How do you think cats can
hear birds and mice so easily
79,950 Hz range and proceed to bring them
into your house as a present?

Mouse
2,000 Hz – 100,000 Hz Even if a mouse and a turtle found a
language they could both speak, they
wouldn’t be able to hear each other! Mice
have great hearing, but can’t hear the lower
98,000 Hz range sounds that most animals can hear.

Bat
2,000 Hz – 110,000 Hz Because of their poor eyesight, bats rely on
their hearing to find their way around. By
using ‘echolocation’ they can work out when
108,000 Hz range walls and other objects are in their way.

Beluga whale
1,000 Hz – 123,000 Hz Most sound reception
in a beluga whale
happens in the fat-
122,000 Hz range filled lower jawbone,
which conducts
sound waves through
the jaw to bones in
the middle ears.

30,000 Hz – 160,000 Hz Dolphin
Dolphins are incredibly intelligent animals
that use their lower jawbone to assist with
130,000 Hz range hearing, as well as using their antenna- © Thinkstock; Nature PL; Getty; FLPA; Corbis; Alamy; Independent Hearing Professionals
like teeth for echolocation.

Porpoise
Related to dolphins
and whales, the
75 Hz – 150,000 Hz porpoise has the
one of the largest
hearing ranges on
the planet.
149,925 Hz range

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