Post #4126668
2026-07-27 02:07 UTC
so body size affects the audiogram - larger animals have larger ~ everything ~ so the natural range of tuning is lower. the mammalian auditory system has had several evolutionary novelties that allows it to maintain high sensitivity over a broad range of frequencies, but insect auditory systems are usually simple tympanate systems. grasshoppers have an audiogram that is tuned for their social communication range, 6-9kHz, though interestingly enough some of them have multiple different sets of ears. so anyway no, giant grasshoppers probably cannot hear ultrasound.
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991215)47:6%3C380::AID-JEMT3%3E3.0.CO;2-P
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@dogwelder@jorts.horse 2026-07-27 02:08
@jonny@neuromatch.social Oh, you can't try and apply real science. How would they breathe at that size?
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@jonny@neuromatch.social 2026-07-27 02:09
this is amazing. i love this. grasshoppers climbing the building is an absolute must clip #monsterdon
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@ricci@discuss.systems 2026-07-27 02:07
@jonny@neuromatch.social is this the first #Monsterdon post that references a DOI?