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The Hearing of the Barn Owl

The bird exploits diikrences between the sound in its left and right ears to find mice in the dark. It can localize sounds more accurately than any other species that has been tested

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 245 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Hearing of the Barn Owl” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 245 No. 6 (), p. 112
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1281-112