Chaps a prime example of an extraordinary hearing land mammal?
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Extraordinary Hearing Land Mammal lovers….
OK, please tell me what you think about this one. Last night at 6:40pm, basset hound town time, a 7.2 earthquake hit Mexicali, MX and Baja, CA.
Lucy Jones from Cal Tech said in a news conference today that usually for three days after a big quake, there could be another one of similar magnitude.
No significant damages are reported at this time in California and no one is reported injured. In Mexico it may be another story. A few reports coming out of Mexico and pictures show some damage to an apartment building but nothing else is known at this time.
OK – here is the story. I was in the kitchen at 6:35 fixing my dinner and watching the news. I had on CNN. I was just milling around trying to decide what to have. I caught the Mayor out of the corner of my eye pacing and panting. His tail firmly between his legs. He kept going to the window and then over to smell Emma. He paced back and forth down the hallway, lightly crying. It was different than his normal thunderstorm routine. He had a look on his face kind of like this with his ears all the way cropped up.
I came back in the kitchen and I saw the breaking news coming across about the earthquake. I just could not believe it. Do you think that Chaps felt that all the way in Kentucky? Or do you think he heard it?
From Wikipedia…
Dogs – LAND MAMMALS
The hearing ability of a dog is dependent on its breed and age. However, the range of hearing is approximately 40 Hz to 60,000 Hz,[2] which is much greater than that of humans. As with humans, some dog breeds become deafer with age,[3] such as the German Shepherd and Miniature Poodle. When dogs hear a sound, they will move their ears towards it in order to gain maximised reception. In order to achieve this, the ears of a dog are controlled by at least 18 muscles. This allows the ears to tilt and rotate. Ear shape also allows for the sound to be more accurately heard. Many breeds often have upright and curved ears, which direct and amplify the sounds. As dogs hear much higher frequency sounds than humans,[3] they have a different perception of the world. Sounds that seem loud to humans often emit high frequency tones that can scare away dogs. Ultrasonic signals are used in training whistles, as a dog will respond much better to such levels. In the wild, dogs use their hearing capabilities to hunt and locate food. Domestic breeds are often used as guard dogs due to their increased hearing ability (Condon 2003).
End of Wikipedia….
We all know howl sensitive the Mayor is. I really think he felt and heard it. I heard about whales being able to hear other whales singing from across the world.
More prime examples of the Mayoral land mammal’s talents later…..What do you think?
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