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I looked at the picture of the elephant and thought infrasound makes sense. The size of elephant ears would probably work better with longer wavelengths.
by brudgers 3y ago
I looked at the picture of the elephant and thought infrasound makes sense.
The size of elephant ears would probably work better with longer wavelengths.
- gus_massa 3y agoMy guess is that the deciding factor is the throat. Yuo can have tiny ears if it would be better, but you need a throat of the corrrect size for breathing and eating.
- joshuaheard 3y agoI think the large ears are for cooling the big bodies.
- neonnoodle 3y agoYeah. Think about wooly mammoths - tiny/no external ears.
- Terr_ 3y agoIf the longer wavelengths are useful because they aren't impeded by obstacles like masses of forest leaves, then the same properties probably mean ear-flaps aren't really effective to shape/concentrate them either. (Although they could be used as a filter to block out higher frequencies.)