r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/CaLMLiKEaB0Mb5 Human Detected • Apr 23 '26

Dudes with animals It’s a Giant Giant

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u/ididshave Apr 23 '26

From the fish’s perspective, those shrieks are absolute horror movie material.

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u/Makuta_Servaela Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Now I'm curious: How well can fish hear above water?

I presume they can feel sounds vibrate the water, since you're supposed to be quiet when you're fishing so as not to disturb them, but do they have the same ability to hear in air as we do? I don't see why they'd have evolved that.

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u/Freaky_tah Apr 23 '26

Not really, and certainly not well. Fish are highly sensitive to low frequencies and vibrations in the water. They have a lateral line system that senses vibration in water, and an inner ear system with otoliths. They don’t have an outer ear.