Pets’ sense of hearing certainly beat mine and probably yours too
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under Cats, Dogs
Of course, as an official "Old Guy" now (I'll be 61 next month), I have an excuse for less than the best hearing -- my ears have been used and abused with headphones, loud movie soundtracks, noisy sirens and honking horns, etc. But even when I was young with fresh, flexible eardrums, science tells me my hearing probably didn't do much better than 20 to 20,000 hertz in range. Our old cat, Tigra, according to the same scientific estimates, has a hearing range of 45 to 60,000 hertz.
Chances are good that your dog or cat hears much better than you do, and his/her annoying habit of not hearing you when you call is probably just attitude -- the dog or cat hears you but just doesn't want to listen and respond!
One of the oddest observations we've made about Tigra's hearing is that she's immediately fascinated by sounds that come from the tiny speakers on our laptop computers. She rarely pays attention or reacts to the sound from the television or a radio. But if I have my speakers turned on listening to anything on the laptop. she immediately perks up, climbs onto my lap, and begins to rub and walk all over the laptop if I let her. It's sort of comical.
Do your pets react to sounds? How do they react? Leave a comment and share your story.
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