Stop, Science time! Scientists are playing MC Hammer to baby zebrafish in order to understand how they develop their hearing underwater.
After developing a special speaker system to play music to the fish, Australian neuroscientists imaged the brains of the larval zebrafish to see which cells reacted.
They found that young zebrafish have considerably better hearing than was thought — with the capacity to react to both high and low frequency sounds.
People do not often consider the hearing of fish underwater, the researchers said, but such is critical to find food, communicate with each other and escape predators.
The study attracted the attention of MC Hammer himself, who tweeted a link to it.
Stop, Science time! Scientists are playing
by Julianne Jerome (2025-07-21)
Stop, Science time! Scientists are playing MC Hammer to baby zebrafish in order to understand how they develop their hearing underwater.
After developing a special speaker system to play music to the fish, Australian neuroscientists imaged the brains of the larval zebrafish to see which cells reacted.
They found that young zebrafish have considerably better hearing than was thought — with the capacity to react to both high and low frequency sounds.
People do not often consider the hearing of fish underwater, the researchers said, but such is critical to find food, communicate with each other and escape predators.
The study attracted the attention of MC Hammer himself, who tweeted a link to it.