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Old 09-02-2013, 04:50 PM   #1
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Frogs that hear with their mouth: X-rays reveal a new hearing mechanism for animals w

Gardiner's frogs from the Seychelles islands, one of the smallest frogs in the world, do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum yet can croak themselves, and hear other frogs. An international team of scientists using X-rays has now solved this mystery and established that these frogs are using their mouth cavity and tissue to transmit sound to their inner ears.



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