Compared to fish, octopus and squid do not appear to hear particularly well.
But the fact they can hear raises the possibility that these intelligent animals may use sound to catch prey, communicate with one another or listen out for predators.
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First they begin to learn to walk and now we find out they can hear us...this is why I have a fear of octopi and squids! They are smart, strong and one day they will adapt to breathe air and we will all be doomed. DOOMED I tell you!
/only half joking
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Is Giant Squid their favorite band?
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- Sam_the_Wizer
- 5 months ago
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@daalis on twitter says "- Cephalopods can hear you - PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAPH Cthulu R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL PHTAGN"
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- twitterbot
- 5 months ago
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with the biggest EYE ever who needs to hear?
The Colossal Squid Unlike the Giant Squid, whose tentacles are equipped with suckers lined with small teeth, the suckers at the tips of the Colossal Squid's tentacles have sharp swiveling hooks. Its body is wider and stouter, and therefore heavier, than that of the giant squid. Colossal Squids are believed to have a longer mantle than giant squids, although their tentacles are shorter.
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- ras_menelik
- 5 months ago
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- ras_menelik
- 5 months ago
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That is one creepy photograph.
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THIS MEANS THEY CAN ANSWER PHONES!
Soon they will host call-in talk shows.
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These things are not gonna be happy. Not happy to see you.
Or maybe you won't be happy to see them.
That beak looks like a parrot. Maybe they can talk.
They can hear! Has any of those "researchers" tried to talking? No-o-o-o.
You don't see them playing around with a live one.
That's exactly what the squid are saying, too.
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The Squid is soon to be, if not already, the top predator of the ocean. Next up - Squid week on Discovery!
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- michaelholt22
- 5 months ago
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yeah! because the CIA probably genetically altered them, ok lol just joking, although it could be true ;)
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THIS JUST IN: I can hear them too. And they are funny as hell.
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- BustYourFace
- 5 months ago
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"resolves a century-long debate over whether cephalopods, ...can hear sounds underwater."
This debate is over! Far too many lives have been lost in the bloodshed over whether cephalapods can hear sound! STOP THE VIOLENCE
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- EmperorThan
- 5 months ago
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The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus or Physeter catodon) is the largest of all toothed whales and largest living toothed animal. The whale was named after the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm or semen. Historically the sperm whale has also been known as the common cachalot; "cachalot" is derived from an archaic French word for "tooth".
A bull sperm whale can grow up to 20.5 metres (67 ft) long. It has a large head that can be up to one-third of the animal's length. It also has the largest brain of any animal in the world. It has a cosmopolitan distribution across the world's oceans. The species feeds on squid and fish, diving as deep as 3 kilometres (9,800 ft) in order to obtain its prey, making it the deepest diving mammal in the world. Its diet includes giant and colossal squid.It is considered the largest living predator and possibly the largest ever, not in terms of its taking animal matter (which is true of all cetaceans, including the larger baleen whales) but in that it actively preys on self-functioning animals. The sperm whale's clicking is the loudest sound produced by any animal, but there is still some uncertainty about its functions.
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- ras_menelik
- 5 months ago
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Having a big eye down there means they can see as well as you can on a starlit night up here.
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- ozoneocean
- 5 months ago
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Squid probably don't just "hear" sounds...they probably feel sound shaking through their entire bodies.
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and this is important why alot of animals can hear cant they
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- Crenshaw_Brothers
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@nadyairis on twitter says ""The cephalopods can hear you""
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- twitterbot
- 5 months ago
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That's incredible
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