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THERE is an old dispute as to whether fish are able to hear or not. It has seemed improbable that they can. Three main reasons have been brought forward against it.
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VON FRISCH, K. The Sense of Hearing in Fish*. Nature 141, 8–11 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141008a0
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