barbelboi
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There is one article in BB’s famous 'Bedside' book where the author thought you might make as much verbal noise on the bank side as you liked...as long as you didn't go stamping up and down. He went on to say he had conducted a number of experiments and was convinced fish 'felt' things but didn't 'hear' them. He advocated crawling to feed a swim up, but thought you might talk as much as you liked.
Take carp as a ‘for instance’ they do not have a visible set of ears, rather they are inside of the body on either side of the head. These ears consist basically of a fluid filled sac that contains set of tiny hairs on an ear bone which detect vibrations in the water outside. The ears are also connected via a set of bones to the swim bladder, which acts as an amplifier. The one conclusion I will draw is that, as sound travels alarmingly well under water, obviously we need to be well aware of just how sensitive a carp is to noise and vibration – but can they hear our voices?
Take carp as a ‘for instance’ they do not have a visible set of ears, rather they are inside of the body on either side of the head. These ears consist basically of a fluid filled sac that contains set of tiny hairs on an ear bone which detect vibrations in the water outside. The ears are also connected via a set of bones to the swim bladder, which acts as an amplifier. The one conclusion I will draw is that, as sound travels alarmingly well under water, obviously we need to be well aware of just how sensitive a carp is to noise and vibration – but can they hear our voices?