https://deepseanews.com/2010/09/if-molluscs-could-communicate-what-would-they-say/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://deepseanews.com/2010/09/if-molluscs-could-communicate-what-would-they-say/#comment-13200 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:06:09 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=10127#comment-13200 Regarding sound detection in cephalopods, I always have to point at Moynihan’s “Why are Cephalopods Deaf?” (The American Naturalist Vol. 125, No. 3, Mar 1985) in which he argues that the sophisticated visual communication system of cephalopods provides all the benefits you’d expect from acoustic communication, rendering hearing unnecessary, then goes on to suggest that deafness is actually selected for, as protection from the physically damaging sounds that can be produced by hunting cetaceans. The follow-up, of course, is Hanlon’s “Why Cephalopods are Probably Not Deaf” (The American Naturalist
Vol. 129, No. 2, Feb 1987) in which he summarizes the evidence that cephalopods can, in fact, detect and respond to underwater vibration…

]]> https://deepseanews.com/2010/09/if-molluscs-could-communicate-what-would-they-say/#comment-13199 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:10:52 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=10127#comment-13199 […] Why are snails so silent? […]

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