Article 5WA74 Hums, honks and boops? That’s just fish chatting about sex and food

Hums, honks and boops? That’s just fish chatting about sex and food

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Adrienne Matei
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New research reveals the staggering scale of underwater sound communication, starting with sturgeon 155m years ago

The primordial deep, it turns out, is a very chatty place.

In a new study published in the journal Ichthyology & Herpetology, Cornell University researchers reveal that fish rely on acoustic communication far more than previously thought.

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