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Published online 9 January 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010111-2
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Herring aid
A West African fish uses gas bubbles to hear squeaks.
Fish living in the murky rivers of West Africa have evolved their own hearing-aids. A tiny gas-filled bubble inside the ear of the mormyrid electric fish vibrates as mating calls or alarm signals pass through the water.
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