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Antlers Are Shaped as Elements of Concave Surfaces that Reflect and Concentrate Incoming Sounds
New York, USA
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Natural Science·Volume 13 (2021)·Pages 469–473·Published 25 November 2021·DOI10.4236/ns.2021.1311039
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Abstract
In 1917 D’Arcy Thompson observed that the pair of antlers of a red deer, a sambur or a wapiti Make up between them a single surface that is more or less spherical or occasionally an ellipsoidal surface. The palmated antlers of the moose are explored to provide an exam-ple of how antlers can be instrumental in lowering the threshold sensitivity of hearing.
KeywordsMooseAntlersMatingAcoustics
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