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- Stretch receptors aid sound detection: silicon cricket
- Eardrums provide directional hearing: a parasitic fly
- Receptors detect minuscule vibrations: alligator
- Leg senses sound strength and direction: grasshopper
- Lungs help detect sound: fire-bellied toad
- Organs sense environmental cues: insects
- Hairs sense environmental cues: insects
- Ears map sounds: owls
- Antennae sense frequency of wingbeats: mosquito
- Fan-like antennae aid sensing: cockchafer beetle
- Blind cave-dwellers have super senses: Alabama cavefish
- Nose structure aids echolocation: false vampire bats
- Feathers aid prey detection: saw-whet owl
- Cochlea aids hearing: humans
- Communicating over long distances: cassowaries
- Detecting presence and movement of predators: nocturnal moth
- Legs detect small vibrations for communication: water strider
- Legs detect airborne vibrations: spiders
- Fins used to communicate: fish
- Trunk emits infrasonic calls: Asian elephant
- Organs aid navigation: dolphin
- Antenna provides selective hearing: fruit fly
- Sonar adjusts to surroundings: big brown bat
- Ear-flaps concentrate sound waves: mammals
- Ultrasound detection, rapid response evades bats: praying mantis
