Did you know your cat is eavesdropping? Not on you (boring human), but on the ultrasonic sounds of its tiny prey! In this episode, we speak to Charlotte Kruger, the lead author of “Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Mammals,” about how our feline friends' ears allow them to hear things humans cannot.

Read the associated article: M. Charlotte Kruger, Carina J. Sabourin, Alexandra T. Levine, and Stephen G. Lomber. (2021) “Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Mammals.” Acoustics Today 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2021.17.1.18.

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