In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the second episode, “How Not to Get Lost in the Ocean.”
Sound travels far underwater. And it travels fast, too—about four and a half times faster than it does through air. So it’s no wonder animals use sound to find their way around. Imagine being able to “see” your way through pitch black depths just by listening to the waves, other creatures, or even ambient noise, such as mudslides; or being able to make clicks and use their echoes to build a picture of the space around you.
In this episode, we look at how marine animals from whales to fish (and even tiny fish larvae) use sound to navigate their world, using it for everything from finding a good place to call home to the next bite to eat.
Find show notes and a transcript at hakaimagazine.com/the-sound-aquatic.
Not Too Wet To Burn
How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth
Rebroadcast: Ticked Off on Martha’s Vineyard
The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint, Not a Beaver)
Rebroadcast: Wasted
Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary
Light at the End of the Tunnel
The Water Is Eating the Island
Bats of the Midnight Sun
Dammed but Not Doomed
The Butterfly Redemption
For Sale: Shark Jaw, Tiger Claw, Fish Maw
Rebroadcast: A Visit with the Glacier Squad
In Nome, Where the Muskoxen Roam … Controversially
Rebroadcast: Searching for Keith
The Secrets of the Sea Hidden High in the Andes
Rebroadcast: What I Wish My Father Had Taught Me About Fishing
How To Love An Oyster
How Terrestrial Turds Lead to Marine Maladies
Bonus Episode: The Sound Aquatic Episode 5
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