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Sound attenuation in the ear of domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) as a result of beak opening

Because the quadrate and the eardrum are connected, the hypothesis was tested that birds attenuate the transmission of sound through their ears by opening the bill, which potentially serves as an additional protective mechanism for self-generated vocalizations. In domestic chickens, it was examined...

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Autores principales: Muyshondt, Pieter G. G., Claes, Raf, Aerts, Peter, Dirckx, Joris J. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171286