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Moment Of Um

Do insects have ears?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

There are all different kinds of ears in the world: big floppy elephant ears, fuzzy rabbit ears – even teeny squirrel ears smaller than a dime! But what about insects? Do they have ears? We asked insect expert Meredith Cenzer to help us find the answer. Got a question that sounds like a winner? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help find an answer that’s music to your ears! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.

0:05.3

Answering those questions that make you go,

0:07.9

Um, um, um, um, um, um. Moment of Um, um, comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Shayla Farsan.

0:27.5

Um.

0:30.5

This is my new best friend, Margaret. She's a ladybug. She flew through my window a couple minutes ago, and we became really good friends, really fast. We have the same favorite color, red. We both like spending long afternoons in the garden, and we both love romantic comedies. Some people might think it's weird to sit for hours with your ladybug best friend watching sleepless in Seattle for the hundredth time.

0:56.5

But those people have probably never had a ladybug best friend.

1:00.7

You know, I bet we have lots of other things in common, too.

1:04.2

Like, maybe we have the same taste in music.

1:07.5

Okay, Margaret, ready?

1:08.9

On three, we'll both say our favorite musician.

1:12.8

One, two, three, Bruno Mars.

1:17.7

Margaret, you didn't say anything.

1:20.1

Don't ladybugs like musicians that are a unique blend of pop, reggae, and soul?

1:24.6

Hold on.

1:25.4

Do insects listen to music?

1:32.1

Do they even have ears? Ronan was just asking about this.

1:47.4

Yes, insects do have ears. They don't look like human ears, but they do have special organs to detect sound.

1:55.5

My name is Meredith Sensor, and I'm an entomologist, which means that I am an expert in insects.

2:02.2

Insects, just like people, need to hear what's going on around them.

2:05.9

And they have special organs to do that.

2:10.3

Different insects have different specific organs,

2:15.9

but many of them have something that's called a tympanum,

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