Can axolotls hear?

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Strange and random question, but i was thinking about it the other day and i really have no idea weather axoltls can hear or not, does anyone know?
 
No, caudates don´t have the sense of hearing. However they can detect vibrations in the water, which pretty much can work as a veeeeeery rudimentary hearing system.
 
They don't distinguish between different sounds I believe. But they can pick up on vibrations and thus can be startled at sudden noises. I know my axolotl does not seem to like deep voices or when I play computer games loudly with gunfire and explosions.
 
azhael said:
No, caudates don´t have the sense of hearing. However they can detect vibrations in the water, which pretty much can work as a veeeeeery rudimentary hearing system.
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Salamanders can "hear" sounds, meaning they are sensitive to compression waves propagating through air/water. It is just that their auditory system is quite different from our own. From my reference book the subject hasn't been studied very much but their auditory system is a bit simple in comparison to our own. One researcher hypothesized they may only be to hear sudden noises or changes in sustained noises.
 
I see, i was under the impression that they didn´t have any hearing organs at all. However the fact that they can perceive vibrations even on land, means they must have some system to do so. I really thought it was just a sense of vibrations traveling through the earth underneath.
 
Although axolotls lack eardrums, they have a complex inne ear sytem. Research indicate that they can hear lo frequency sounds and that the inner ear is sensitive to ground borne vibrations as well.
As an alternative way of hearing, they have a lateral line system b which the monitor water movement and detect predators and prey. Th lateral line is a series of pitlike depressions containing hair cells or mechanoreceptive neuromast, and is located along the head and sides of the animal. The lateral line system also contains ampullaru organs, electroreceptors that help in orientation to find prey and escape predators.
 
This is good to know. I may have been playing Marilyn Manson and David Bowie a bit too loud in my room!
 
mzcmn said:
This is good to know. I may have been playing Marilyn Manson and David Bowie a bit too loud in my room!
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You'd be better turning that off anyway, David Bowie scares me!
 
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