Airbnb booked Kiss to perform heavy metal music on a boat off the coast of Australia to test if sharks are attracted to it. No sharks showed up, and scientists suggest the loud music may have been too stressful for them. Sharks are sensitive to low-frequency sounds and can recognize jazz music.
A 2015 Discovery Channel documentary claimed that great whites have a fondness for heavy metal music, theorizing that sharks’ unique sensory systems are finely tuned to detect faint vibrations, particularly those produced by distressed fish. a major tourism promotion, Airbnb booked iconic rock band Kiss to perform on a boat off the coast of Australia in November 2019, to see how the sharks would react. Kiss has been playing music to their enthusiastic fans for over 45 years, but no sharks showed up at this extraordinary concert. Although the band members had hoped the predators would gobble up songs like “Lick It Up” and “I Want You,” some scientists have suggested that the loud music, broadcast to the sharks via underwater speakers, may have been too stressful. for them, as well as other nearby marine life. Luckily, there were also (human) music fans in attendance, albeit far fewer than a typical Kiss concert. Along with members of the media, eight people had paid for the Airbnb experience, which also included guided viewing of marine life with the help of an expert conservationist.
Maybe try jazz next time:
Sharks hear sound through a hole on each side of their heads, which opens into an inner ear. They also have a sensory system that includes a hair-activated channel that runs through a shark’s body and is connected to skin pores.
Large sharks are particularly sensitive to pulsating and low-frequency sounds, possibly because these sounds mimic the noises made by struggling prey, reported the journal Science.
Australian research in 2018 reported that sharks can recognize the sound of a jazz song. Five of the eight sharks tested by the researchers learned to respond to music by swimming to a corner of their tank to receive a food reward.
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