Published in Scientific Reports · View the paper (DOI)
Two species of pumpkin toadlets have been found to be deaf to their own calls, a phenomenon that persists even after the target audience has lost the ability to detect it. This is due to the vestigial high-frequency hearing part in their ears, which may have been replaced by visual communication.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Tiny Brazilian frogs are deaf to their own calls University of Southern Denmark · Sep 21, 2017 · first to report
- Tiny poisonous Brazilian frogs are 'deaf' to their own call University of Lincoln · Oct 3, 2017