Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 9. Source pages: 13.
“Did you get the message from the frog?”
Dr. Susan Dardard, using her new media name, Susie Marie PhD, presented “Mother Nature’s Musical Messages®” to a group of youngsters at Grace Episcopal Church in St. Francisville, Louisiana, on Wednesday, April 24.
The presentation, “A Special Event for Grace Episcopal Church Mice,” was held at Bishop Jackson Hall.
The topic was the musical messages of frogs, including a little biology, a little Bible, and some demonstration of sounds and sound measurement. “But the frogs were the stars of the show,” said Susie.
Frogs in spring communicate to one another in complex ways, with the males often using the lower frequencies and the females tuning into the males’ higher frequencies, explained Susie to the Times. Some of the newest advances in hearing aids came from the science behind how frogs are able to block out irrelevant sounds, and tune into just one frequency, she said.
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