Sentences with phrase «than that of the human ear»

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No wonder unprotected boilermaking was a problem: The human ear can perceive sound waves that move the eardrum less than the width of an atom.

The National Park Service is using the map to identify places where humanmade noise is affecting wildlife — animals such bats and owls, whose ears are up to 20 decibels more sensitive than human ears, for example, are affected by humanmade noise because it drowns out the faint rustles of insects and rodents they need to hunt, they say.

Also, researchers have found that infants fed with human breast milk have lower rates of hospital admissions, ear infections, diarrhea, rashes and allergies than bottle - fed babies.

His group showed that the petrous bone, containing the tiny inner ear, harbors 100 times more DNA than other ancient human remains, offering a huge increase in the amount of genetic material available for analysis.

The communal sound is three to six decibels louder than the background noise of the ocean, making it difficult for the human ear to distinguish, but it could provide scientists with a new way to study these organisms and give them new insights into this ecosystem, she said.

The fruit fly is the ideal animal model because the molecular structure of its ear is more similar to humans than that of rats or guinea pigs, meaning tests on fruit flies yield more accurate results.

Dog ears have a much wider range of movement in their ears than humans do.

The proper care and grooming of a dog's ears is even more important than in humans.

Dogs have more sensitive ears than humans do and while some dogs don't appear to mind the noise, others will bark, whine, howl, hide, cower or run into furniture and walls, said Dr. Melissa Bain of the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine's Clinical Animal Behavior Service.

Well, yes, they are out of control, not caring other than superficially about themselves, satisfying their base appetites, stuffing their faces with food, their ears with junk music, their eyes with disgusting images and their brains with every kind of psychic sewage, they are lucky if they exhibit the lowest threshold of societal engagement or care for their fellow humans.

The human ear is less distinctive than the finger print and the technique of «ear printing» is generally acknowledged to be in its infancy.