• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s cool to us.

    I can absolutely confirm that neither cats nor dogs particularly enjoy hearing multiple frequencies in that range, as I use ultrasonic noisemakers to train dogs and cats. Both species have had specific individuals that reacted as though I had just beaten them, and all the individuals of both species reacted in such a way that it was clear that they would do just about anything to never hear those noises again.

    That being said, I wonder if they could hear that frequency all the time and were freaked out that a human was shouting in plant language.

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      5 months ago

      The unpleasant reaction could be to the shape of the sound rather than just the frequency. Like a sin wave isn’t a pleasant sound, though it’s not bad at lower amplitudes.

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        5 months ago

        Possible. I couldn’t tell you since I can’t hear it, and am uncertain if I have a microphone that could detect that frequency

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          5 months ago

          Do they show similar signs of distress around plants in general? Are they reluctant to enter forests? Do they randomly destroy plants?

          Lol I thought it would be clear until that last question, which is something both cats and dogs are known to do on occasion.

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      5 months ago

      Maybe it has something to do with the volume. If plants are at, let’s say, 40dB and you blast the animals with a 100 dB sound…