by ianrthorpe
@ 2008-04-26 - 16:57:52
A moose’s antlers may act as large hearing aids, scientists have said. The large flat antlers of male moose could boost their hearing by almost a fifth, the researchers George and Peter Bubenik suggested. Writing in the European Journal of Wildlife, the Canadian father and son team said their findings strongly indicate that the palm of moose antlers may serve as an effective parabolic reflector.
An interesting piece of research but not really great news for the deaf so we can't see the idea catching on. Modern digital hearing aids fit inside the ear and so are invisible, compared with which the wearing of a set of moose antlers around town would look distinctly uncool.
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26/04/08 @ 18:15