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What Are 3 Interesting Dog Hearing Facts?

Victor Rivera
5 min readDec 1, 2020

Table of Contents

· What Do Dogs Hear When We Talk?
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Can Dogs Hear Better When Their Ears Are Inside Out?
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Why is a Dog’s Hearing So Good?
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How Sensitive is a Dog’s Hearing?
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Why Not Share the Info Around?

Dogs are man’s best friend and just like any best friend we want to know them better and learn as much about them as possible. Not only that, but facts about our dogs can come in handy if they are ever sick or under the weather. So, what are 3 interesting dog hearing facts?

dog hearing facts
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The first fact is that dogs tilt their heads for a reason and while it might seem like they do it to be extra cute, they tilt their heads to better their hearing and catch distinct small sounds.

dog hearing vs human
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The second fact is that dogs can hear much better than we do. Some studies say that a dog’s hearing might be up to 4 times more sensitive than ours, allowing them to pick up frequencies that are out of our hearing range. That is why dog whistles are so annoying to dogs, their sound is so high-pitched we can’t hear it, but they…

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Victor Rivera
Victor Rivera

Written by Victor Rivera

Hey, what's going on my name is Victor, and I am an inventor. (https://riverainventions.com)

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