Infrasound in animals and humans

Infrasound in animals and humans

• In Humans, these vibrations can be captured through other senses, such as touch

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Infrasound (Boone, 2008) is defined as any frequency that is below 20 Hz, that is, they are sound (Dr. Como, 2014) waves that are below the range audible by humans, from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, some animals, besides hearing it, can issue it, such as giraffes, elephants, whales, crocodiles, hippos, rhinos and pigeons. These animals use this ability to communicate or defend against predators.

In Humans, these vibrations can be captured through other senses, such as touch, they can also cause nausea or vertigo, as they affect the atrial labyrinth, they can even give the feeling that you are inside a place"bewitched" because. As an experiment was done in 1998, with the stationary wave produced by a fan, this can cause hallucinations to resonate in the humour, a structure of the human eye and get people to believe that they were in front of ghosts.

References:

Boone, C. (2008). "El infrasonido, ese gran desconocido". En Xataka Ciencia. Recuperado de https://www.xatakaciencia.com/fisica/el-infrasonido-ese-gran-desconocido

Dr. Como. (2014). Infrasonido: Concepto, Significado y Definición ¿Qué es?. En Dr. Como Todo comienza con un como. Recuperado de https://doctorcomo.com/infrasonido/

How to cite this article:

Nocetti, F.A. (2014). "Infrasound in animals and humans". In NabbuBlog. Retrieved from http://nabbublog.blogspot.com/2014/08/infrasound-in-animals-and-humans.html