can fish hear?

[Ben]

Hey
i was just wondering,do fish hear?
do they even have ears?
because i was wondering,when there aloud bang near the tank,are they getting scared by the noise or the vibrations the sound is sending through the water?
whats your opinion?

DD

 

[B75]

I believe that fish pick up the vibrations rather than being able to hear. They have amazing senses and can pick up even the quietist vibrations.

 

[GSD]

dont think so!!!i dunno never realy thought bout it

 

[Fish Buddy]

I don't think fish hear as we do. But they can detect vibrations thourgh their lateral line. I would not bang or play loud music by my tank.

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

Fishes don't have ears, but do have a lateral line along their sides to sense vibrations in the water. Anything that makes the water around them vibrate, eg soundwaves, or a tasty morsel, will radiate, like a ripple, across these sensors.

Sensing direction in which the vibrations are coming from is even easier. Left lateral line will pick up what's coming from their left, and the right.....well you know. Front sensors will pick up what's coming from ahead, and the rear sensors will from behind.

Dependant on the fish, some will also track their environment using electro-magnetism, taste, and even infra-red imagery.

(Edited - they may even be more biologically advanced than we are)

 

[The-Wolf]

I aggree with kribs
just think a great white shark can hear(sense) a seal from over a mile away.
also sound waves travel further in water than they do in air.

 

[nc_nutcase]

Well...isn't what people 'hear' actually the result of the little bones in our ears transforming sound waves (or vibration) into something we can perceive (sound).

I've never taken any medical education but that's what I've always thought... educated ones please elaborate.

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

Produced sound travels in waves.

Doesn't matter if the medium is air or water, but since water is more of a 'solid' substance, this can be felt by fishes, using their very sensitive lateral line sensors.

For us, we have tiny hairs within our ears which vibrate when struck by sound waves. This then produces a very tiny charge which travels down the nerves and eventually into our brain which then translates the data into something more meaningful.

(EDITED- No, I'm not a medical-orientated person)

 

[steelhealr]

Correct Nutcase....most development in humans goes back to the time when we were in the primordial soup. Human embryos look a lot like fish on the road to developing into a fetus...yes...we even had gill slits. The inner ear is composed of three bones connecting the eardrum (tympanic membrane) to the round window. Vibrations move the eardrum which in turn moves the bones. The transmitted vibrations push on the round window which moves fluid in the middle ear. This fluid motion is picked up by small nerves in the cochlea, then the auditory nerve. VERY similar to the lateral line in fishes. SH

 

[Mariah]

I don't think fish hear as we do. But they can detect vibrations thourgh their lateral line. I would not bang or play loud music by my tank.

Thats what I was told

 

[Yenko]

Actually most embryos look the same. Most people can't tell a pig embryo from a human.

Fish sense vibrations, but loud noises can become vibrations easily.

 

[nc_nutcase]

I think that's just funny... I've heard people say about several animals "they can't hear they just feel vibrations" when it appears the reality is... we all just feel vibration... and use different organs or body parts to receive, perceive and translate them into something we can utilize....

 

[yvez9]

sounds are basically a vibration
we interpret them as nature intended through our ears.

fish probably can't hear like we do, but i'm pretty sure they can interpret the noise vibrations to something clearer.

 

[nc_nutcase]

descriptions for both animals... fish and people... sounds the exact same... both Interpret vibrations... through some given organ or body part... and transform it into something Interpretable....

Why do so many people insist "they can't hear like we do" but the processes of receiving and Interpreting sound (vibrations) seem the same for both (all) animals....

They receive and Interpret vibrations.... just like we do....

*not criticizing anyone’s perspective, I’ve made this ‘argument’ for years with many people*

 

[Bignose]

In addition to the lateral line, many fish do in fact have ears, very similar to our own. They do not have holes in the side of thier head, but rather their swimbladders vibrate is responce to sound waves transmitted through the water, then through thier body tissues. In many regards, the swim bladder is an amplifier to clarify and enhance and collect the sound waves.

Thw swim bladder is connected to several bones which transfer the vibrations to the inner ear, and these bones vibrate the otoliths or ear stones against hair cells that generate nerve impulses.

Not too unlike our own system of hearing.