Listening: Animals with extraordinary hearing

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B2 | Listening from video | 11 min

Watch the video (0:06 - 5:04). You can watch more than once, then answer the questions.

How do many owls help to funnel sound toward their ears?

____ They move their heads from side to side.____ They use their whole faces.____ They raise the feathers on their wings.

ONE WORD from the video.

Owls' ears are asymmetrical, and the small ____ in when sound reaches each ear helps the brain find the direction.

A NUMBER from the video.

A great grey owl can hear a vole under ____ inches of snow.

The long-eared jerboa has the smallest ears for its body size in the animal kingdom.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Fennec foxes use their ears to find water in the desert.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

How do ogre-faced spiders pick up sound?

____ Their legs are covered by receptors sensitive to sound waves.____ They have two small ears on their back.____ They feel the waves in their webs.

Why are very high frequency sounds useful for bats hunting insects?

____ They travel much farther than low sounds.____ They can only be heard by other bats.____ They reflect strongly from very small objects.

A NUMBER from the video.

The greater wax moth can hear frequencies of up to ____ hertz.

How far can the low sounds of baleen whales travel?

____ A few hundred meters____ Thousands of kilometers____ Only to the nearest whale

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