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“Invertebrates (and many fish) detect sound not by sensing a sound’s pressure changes but the movement of particles”
― Amorina Kingdon, Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water

“For humans, our hearing is centered on, and exquisitely sensitive to, the frequencies of our own voices. That suggests communication was a major driver in the evolution of our hearing range. What about fish? As those first early ears evolved, what influenced their development?”
― Amorina Kingdon, Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water

“Underwater, sound is different. It travels faster and farther, attenuates slower than in air. Depending on its wavelength, it can move differently in shallow water and deep water, and over long distances it can veer and bend, forming silent “shadow zones” or concentrated sound “channels.”
― Amorina Kingdon, Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water

“Fish have three otoliths per ear: The largest stone is called the sagitta, and these tiny vials contain sagitta pairs.”
― Amorina Kingdon, Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water