Image courtesy of Paul Caiger
Joel Kontinen
Can sharks be talkative? They were thought to be quiet, but new research
shows they are not.
”At
least one shark species has a bark to go along with its bite. It can make
clicking noises, scientists report, a first among an animal group once thought
to be totally silent.
During her
doctoral research at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, Carolin
Nieder, now at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, was
studying sharks’ hearing. When handling the sharks during
experiments, she noticed one species – a houndshark called the rig (Mustelus
lenticulatus) – appeared to make metallic clicking sounds.”
Yes. even animals know how to tell stories to their kin.
“I was just kind of ignoring it because sharks are not
supposed to make sounds,” says Nieder. “And it just kept happening.”
Source:
Jake Buehler 2025 Sharks aren’t silent after all | New Scientist 25 March
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